Girls' name · since 1967
Shellena
Shellena has 52 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
52 girls have been named Shellena since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shellena recorded 52 times among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 1992.
- #34,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shellena ranks #34,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #34,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shellena's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shellena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shellena splits its recorded history at 1981: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shellena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shellena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (22 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Shellena's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Shellena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shellena's data
- Shellena's decade-level peak was the 1980s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shellena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1967–1992 (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 Shellena 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.