Shellene — girls' name
290 babies named Shellene in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
290 girls have been named Shellene since 1949, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1984.
- 290
- total births
- 1949–1984
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Shellene was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Shellene in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shellene
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Shellene between 1949 and 1984, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shellene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shellene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shellene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shellene 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 290 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.
Shellene at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shellene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1949
- Peak year (1970)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
290 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 22 births in a single year.
Shellene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 117 births that decade — 40% of Shellene's all-time total
Shellene decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shellene's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1949–1984 (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.