Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Shella

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shella
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1909Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

85.7%

2024

All-time

1,129

Shella has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 42 girls were named Shella.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 85.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,129 Americans have been named Shella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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