How Many People Are Named Shelah?
people named Shelah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 778,553 people in the US has this name
Based on 510 babies named Shelah in Social Security records from 1935 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
15 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "petition" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of both a grandson of Shem and a son of Judah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shelah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelah alive today is about 55 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelah first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1974, to 15 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Shelah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,951, in 1948.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,951 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,174 in the 1960s |
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