How Many People Are Named Shella?
people named Shella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 372,314 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,129 babies named Shella in Social Security records from 1909 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shella alive today is about 56 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shella first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1959, to 42 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Shella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,714, in 1959.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,714 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,221 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shella were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 9 of those alive today.
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