Shelden
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1998
18 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
280
since 1973
Born a Shelden? 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
Shelden was most popular in 1998, when 18 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shelden in 2025. Not recorded since 2018.
Show every year
| 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 | 12156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 10 | 7591 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 7 | 9864 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 8 | 8915 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 13 | 6094 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 13 | 5813 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 15 | 5035 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 11 | 6088 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 17 | 4389 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 18 | 3849 |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | 14 | 4451 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 12 | 4878 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 15 | 4052 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 13 | 4537 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 13 | 4327 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
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Recorded as girls 2% · boys 98% across all years