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How popular is “Shela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shela” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shela” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shela” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shela” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shela” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shela” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 100%
1950 44 0.000012559 44 100%
1951 37 0.000010044 37 100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 100%
1955 27 0.000006725 27 100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 100%
1959 28 0.000006734 28 100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 100%
1961 31 0.000007484 31 100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 100%
1965 39 0.000010757 39 100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 100%
1969 37 0.000010646 37 100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 31 0.000008598 31 100%
1988 34 0.000009202 34 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%

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