Shelleen — girls' name
37 babies named Shelleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 girls have been named Shelleen since 1965, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1977.
- 37
- total births
- 1965–1977
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Shelleen was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shelleen in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shelleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Shelleen between 1965 and 1977, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelleen performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shelleen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shelleen 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 37 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.
Shelleen at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shelleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1965
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
37 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 8 births in a single year.
Shelleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 19 births that decade — 51% of Shelleen's all-time total
Shelleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shelleen's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1965–1977 (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.