Shelah is a rare variant of Sheila that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shelah is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Shelah was first reported in SSA data in 1935 and peaked in 1974 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #20,030 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,523 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #15,395 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #7,966 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #11,538 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #7,355 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #10,035 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #12,120 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #8,289 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #11,072 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,395 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #12,199 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,704 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,848 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #9,048 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #6,242 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,307 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #9,994 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,842 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #5,160 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #7,159 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #5,111 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #4,193 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #4,319 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,454 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,242 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #5,344 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #5,888 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,442 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,569 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #3,711 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #3,919 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,944 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,991 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,220 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #3,972 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,886 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #5,484 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,839 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,280 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #3,354 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,464 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,919 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #4,076 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,956 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,262 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,854 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,952 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #5,213 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,946 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,478 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,645 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #3,008 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,813 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,807 |