Girls' name · since 1949
Shellene
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.
- #16,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shellene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 290 recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Shellene recorded 290 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1984.
- #16,224 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 290 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shellene ranks #16,224 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 290 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shellene's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shellene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shellene splits its recorded history at 1968: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shellene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1984
- Peak year (1970)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Shellene by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (117 births, 40% of the file).
1960s was Shellene's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Shellene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 39
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
117 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 117 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Shellene's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 1980s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shellene: 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 (~35 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, 1949–1984 (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 Shellene 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.