Shelisha — girls' name
66 babies named Shelisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 girls have been named Shelisha since 1975, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 66
- total births
- 1975–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Shelisha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shelisha in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shelisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Shelisha between 1975 and 1993, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shelisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shelisha 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 66 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.
Shelisha at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shelisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1975
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
66 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 9 births in a single year.
Shelisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 36 births that decade — 55% of Shelisha's all-time total
Shelisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shelisha's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1975–1993 (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.