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How popular is “Shelah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shelah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shelah” 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 “Shelah” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Shelah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shelah” 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%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%

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