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Girl name

Shelina

100% girls · last recorded 1997

Shelina has been given to about 426 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1973, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 410
Median age today46 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shelina per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1973 · 25
  • Born in 20250
  • All time426

How popular is Shelina?

Its best year was 1973, when 25 babies were given the name, ranking 2816th. The typical living American called Shelina is about 46 years old today.

Names that sound like Shelina

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Selina0.89
  2. Shelia0.83
  3. Melina0.79
  4. Celina0.79
  5. Elina0.79
  6. Serina0.79
  7. Adelina0.75
  8. Sheila0.73

Middle names for Shelina

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shelina Rose0.85
  2. Shelina Louise0.85
  3. Shelina June0.84
  4. Shelina Pearl0.84
  5. Shelina Quinn0.84
  6. Shelina Nell0.84

Sibling names for Shelina

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.65
  2. Meredithsister · 0.64
  3. Aprilsister · 0.63
  4. Jaimeeither · 0.61
  5. Jamieeither · 0.60
  6. Erikbrother · 0.60

Where Shelina is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shelina White0.80
    2. Shelina Reyes0.80
    3. Shelina Nguyen0.80
    4. Shelina Moore0.80
    5. Shelina Lee0.80
    6. Shelina Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shelina

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.