How Many People Are Named Shelagh?
people named Shelagh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 768,055 people in the US has this name
Based on 510 babies named Shelagh in Social Security records from 1942 to 1999, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHEILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shelagh in English. Counting Shelagh and these spellings together, about 190,752 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shelagh in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelagh alive today is about 57 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelagh first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 1950, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1999.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 1999
🏆 Rank History
Shelagh has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,114, in 1950.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,114 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,073 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelagh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelagh were born in Massachusetts than in any other state: about 31 of those alive today.
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