Shevelle — girls' name
159 babies named Shevelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
159 girls have been named Shevelle since 1964, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2019.
- 159
- total births
- 1964–2019
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Shevelle was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shevelle in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shevelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 159 babies named Shevelle between 1964 and 2019, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shevelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shevelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shevelle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shevelle 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 159 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.
Shevelle at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shevelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1964
- Peak year (1964)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
159 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 13 births in a single year.
Shevelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 40 births that decade — 25% of Shevelle's all-time total
Shevelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shevelle's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1964–2019 (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.