Shelina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelina

The Social Security Administration has registered 426 babies named Shelina between 1965 and 1997, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shelina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shelina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 426 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.