Shella — #13506 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,129 babies named Shella between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shella currently holds the #13506 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 303 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Shella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shella in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shella 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 1,129 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.