Shelitha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelitha

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Shelitha between 1966 and 1988, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelitha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shelitha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelitha 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 86 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.