Shelita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelita

The Social Security Administration has registered 966 babies named Shelita between 1953 and 1994, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 440 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shelita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 377 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelita in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelita 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 966 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.