Shellia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shellia

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Shellia between 1941 and 1980, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shellia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shellia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shellia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shellia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shellia 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 397 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.