Shellena — girls' name
52 babies named Shellena in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
52 girls have been named Shellena since 1967, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 52
- total births
- 1967–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Shellena was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shellena in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shellena
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Shellena between 1967 and 1992, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shellena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shellena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shellena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shellena 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 52 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.
Shellena at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shellena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1967
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
52 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 7 births in a single year.
Shellena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 42% of Shellena's all-time total
Shellena decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shellena's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1967–1992 (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.