How Many People Are Named Shela?
people named Shela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 289,158 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,398 babies named Shela in Social Security records from 1935 to 2007, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shela alive today is about 56 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shela first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1950, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2007.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 2007
🏆 Rank History
Shela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,392, in 1950.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,392 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,075 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shela were born in California than in any other state: about 36 of those alive today.
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