Girls' name · since 1966
Shellane
28 babies named Shellane in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Shellane since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shellane recorded 28 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1987.
- #41,962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shellane ranks #41,962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shellane's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shellane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shellane splits its recorded history at 1986: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shellane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1987
- Peak year (1986)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shellane by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (22 births, 79% of the file).
1980s was Shellane's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Shellane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shellane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~21 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, 1966–1987 (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 Shellane 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.