Baby name

Shella

Girl

Classic name

1959 was its best year: 42 births, or 1 baby in 98,991. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 74 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,129births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 1694rank at its peak, in 1959

Where babies named Shella are born

1959

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One letter apart

Sheila 238,774
Stella 206,906
Shelly 84,420
Shelia 47,780
Shelli 6,983
Sheyla 4,241

Names from the same era

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