Shelita
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 966since 1953
Shelita over time
Rank among girls' names. Shelita 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.
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| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
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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.
Where Shelita is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#230 · 1 in 1,070
Best ever in a state: #230 in Louisiana, 1973.
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| Louisiana | #230 | 24 | 1 in 1,070 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shelita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1974 at #1,646 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 45.5% of all girls named Shelita (440) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 47 | #3,955 (1953) | #4,587 |
| 1960s | 223 | #1,855 (1968) | #2,835 |
| 1970s | 440 | #1,646 (1974) | #2,045 |
| 1980s | 210 | #2,774 (1981) | #4,157 |
| 1990s | 46 | #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 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 33,912 of them was named Shelita, which outranked 80.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,885Terina44
- #1,885Tomica44
- #1,885Troy44
- #1,913Shelita43
- #1,913Alta43
- #1,913Amity43
- #1,913Caridad43
- #1,939Aliza42
- #1,939Ariel42
- #1,939Astrid42
Tied with 25 names at #1,913; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.