How Many People Are Named Shelita?
people named Shelita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 379,760 people in the US has this name
Based on 966 babies named Shelita in Social Security records from 1953 to 1994, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shelita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelita alive today is about 50 years old, and 86% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelita first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1974, to 56 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1994.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 1994
🏆 Rank History
Shelita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,663, in 1974.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,663 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,042 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelita were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 348 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shelita was given about 47 times as often in Louisiana.
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