Shelita

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569

Peak · girls
1974 · 56 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
966
since 1953

Shelita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #1,646, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1994#10,5697
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1992#9,4918
1991#5,94915
1990#5,54916
1989#5,04917
1988#6,27712
1987#3,98321
1986#5,75712
1985#3,73022
1984#3,72621
1983#2,97528
1982#4,16718
1981#2,77432
1980#3,13427
1979#2,24843
1978#1,98748
1977#2,60632
1976#2,33435
1975#1,78052
1974#1,64656
1973#1,91343
1972#1,80447
1971#1,68654
1970#2,45030
1969#2,10236
1968#1,85541
1967#2,43225
1966#2,40725
1965#2,83319
1964#3,10817
1963#3,17616
1962#2,81419
1961#3,18916
1960#4,4379
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1956#4,1619
1955#5,2086
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Shelita! It came in at #3,955, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shelita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1974 at #1,646 (56 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,206
  • Highest: 1 in 26,206 girls born in 1974 were named Shelita (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,108 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 45.5% of all girls named Shelita (440) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s47#3,955 (1953)#4,587
1960s223#1,855 (1968)#2,835
1970s440#1,646 (1974)#2,045
1980s210#2,774 (1981)#4,157
1990s46#5,549 (1990)#7,890

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.

Shelita in 1971

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#1,686
54 births · 1 in 30,812 girls

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,686Shelita54
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 30,812 of them was named Shelita, which outranked 82.5% 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).

Ranked beside Shelita
  1. #1,665Tandra55
  2. #1,665Teresita55
  3. #1,665Yulanda55
  4. #1,686Shelita54
  5. #1,686Aisha54
  6. #1,686Andre54
  7. #1,686Andrew54
  8. #1,709Africa53
  9. #1,709Alvina53
  10. #1,709Bettie53

Tied with 22 names at #1,686; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971