Girls' name · since 1968
Shelise
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 137 babies named Shelise, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelise sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 137 recorded since 1968.
Shelise has 137 recorded births among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1996.
- #23,742 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelise ranks #23,742 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelise's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shelise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shelise's full recorded timeline at 1980, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shelise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1996
- Peak year (1972)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shelise by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 36% of the file).
1970s was Shelise's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Shelise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Shelise's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1990s (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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shelise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1968–1996 (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 Shelise 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.