Shelise — girls' name
137 babies named Shelise in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
137 girls have been named Shelise since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1996.
- 137
- total births
- 1968–1996
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
36% of everyone ever named Shelise was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shelise in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shelise
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Shelise between 1968 and 1996, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelise performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shelise shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shelise 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 137 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.
Shelise at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shelise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1968
- Peak year (1972)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
137 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 10 births in a single year.
Shelise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 49 births that decade — 36% of Shelise's all-time total
Shelise decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shelise's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.