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How popular is “Shella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shella” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Shella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shella” 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
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 21 0.000005994 21 100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1956 33 0.000008004 33 100%
1957 23 0.000005473 23 100%
1958 28 0.000006773 28 100%
1959 42 0.000010101 42 100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 100%
1963 34 0.00000859 34 100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 100%
1965 29 0.000007999 29 100%
1966 23 0.000006617 23 100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 100%
1971 32 0.000009323 32 100%
1972 27 0.000008591 27 100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 23 0.000007617 23 100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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