Girls' name · since 1974
Sheleta
42 babies named Sheleta in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
42 girls have been named Sheleta since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sheleta has 42 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1983.
- #37,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheleta ranks #37,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheleta's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sheleta's full recorded timeline at 1977, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sheleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1983
- Peak year (1975)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Sheleta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (37 births, 88% of the file).
1970s was Sheleta's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Sheleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 37 births (88% of all-time use).
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- Sheleta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sheleta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sheleta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.