Girls' name · since 1963
Sheletha
Sheletha has 128 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheletha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 128 have been recorded since 1963.
Sheletha has 128 recorded births among girls since 1963, 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 1963 to 1989.
- #24,445 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheletha ranks #24,445 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sheletha's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheletha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheletha's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1989
- Peak year (1974)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sheletha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (67 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Sheletha's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Sheletha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 67 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Sheletha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 1980s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheletha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1963–1989 (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 Sheletha 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.