Girls' name · since 1965
Shelina
426 babies named Shelina in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 426 recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelina has been recorded 426 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1997.
- #13,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 426 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelina ranks #13,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 426 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelina's 426 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shelina's full recorded timeline at 1982, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1997
- Peak year (1973)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shelina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (165 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Shelina's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
165 births
- 1980s
1980s
155 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 165 births (39% of all-time use).
Shelina by state
Where Shelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 426 births nationwide.
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- Shelina's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (165 total births) through the 1990s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Shelinas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1965–1997 (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 Shelina 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.