Shelba
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1937
344 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,141
since 1935
Born a Shelba? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shelba was most popular in 1937, when 344 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.32 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shelba in 2025. Not recorded since 1982.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 8224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | 5974 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 17 | 3085 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 15 | 3266 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | 5289 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 16 | 3244 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 21 | 2704 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 16 | 3161 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 19 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 20 | 2729 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 30 | 2054 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 31 | 1985 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 36 | 1808 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 21 | 2453 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 42 | 1579 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 24 | 2186 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 32 | 1746 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 28 | 1842 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 28 | 1794 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 33 | 1627 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 37 | 1520 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 27 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 40 | 1376 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 34 | 1374 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 57 | 1040 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 64 | 992 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 83 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 130 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 174 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 200 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 254 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 344 | 340 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 166 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years