Sheli Popularity by Year

Follow Sheli across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Sheli birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
1991	Girls	9	#8,588	Up 1,605 places
1990	Girls	7	#10,193	Down 2,502 places
1988	Girls	9	#7,691	Down 1,768 places
1987	Girls	12	#5,923	Up 1,826 places
1986	Girls	8	#7,749	Up 1,558 places
1985	Girls	6	#9,307	Down 292 places
1983	Girls	6	#9,015	Down 3,130 places
1981	Girls	11	#5,885	Up 1,533 places
1980	Girls	8	#7,418	Down 1,991 places
1979	Girls	12	#5,427	Down 968 places
1978	Girls	15	#4,459	Up 193 places
1977	Girls	14	#4,652	Down 974 places
1976	Girls	18	#3,678	Down 523 places
1975	Girls	22	#3,155	Down 45 places
1974	Girls	22	#3,110	Down 421 places
1973	Girls	26	#2,689	Down 554 places
1972	Girls	36	#2,135	Up 40 places
1971	Girls	37	#2,175	Up 275 places
1970	Girls	30	#2,450	Down 100 places
1969	Girls	30	#2,350	Down 538 places
1968	Girls	43	#1,812	Up 400 places
1967	Girls	29	#2,212	Down 65 places
1966	Girls	30	#2,147	Up 198 places
1965	Girls	26	#2,345	Down 370 places
1964	Girls	36	#1,975	Up 331 places
1963	Girls	27	#2,306	Down 42 places
1962	Girls	28	#2,264	Up 796 places
1961	Girls	17	#3,060	Down 331 places
1960	Girls	20	#2,729	Up 890 places
1959	Girls	12	#3,619	Down 647 places
1958	Girls	16	#2,972	Up 1,230 places
1957	Girls	9	#4,202	Down 133 places
1955	Girls	9	#4,069	Up 586 places
1954	Girls	7	#4,655	—