Sheli
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #8,588
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 647since 1954
Sheli over time
Rank among girls' names. Sheli has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
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| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheli! It came in at #4,655, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sheli
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1968 at #1,812 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,149 girls born in 1968 were named Sheli (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 208,334 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 44.2% of all girls named Sheli (286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53 | #2,972 (1958) | #3,903 |
| 1960s | 286 | #1,812 (1968) | #2,320 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,135 (1972) | #3,393 |
| 1980s | 60 | #5,885 (1981) | #7,570 |
| 1990s | 16 | #8,588 (1991) | #9,391 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sheli in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 44,968 of them was named Sheli, which outranked 77.4% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,137Viki38
- #2,137Vilma38
- #2,137Zenaida38
- #2,175Sheli37
- #2,175Arica37
- #2,175Arnetta37
- #2,175Carl37
- #2,212Allegra36
- #2,212Alnita36
- #2,212America36
Tied with 36 names at #2,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.