Shelva
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1937
194 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,131
since 1936
Born a Shelva? 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
Shelva was most popular in 1937, when 194 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.18 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shelva in 2025. Not recorded since 1980.
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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 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | 5818 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | 5974 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 13 | 3592 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | 5851 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | 3920 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | 4625 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | 3232 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 22 | 2389 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 16 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 15 | 2889 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 14 | 2921 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 3201 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 18 | 2341 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 19 | 2274 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 25 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | 2094 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | 2458 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 21 | 1867 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 35 | 1395 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 50 | 1116 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 46 | 1087 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 70 | 854 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 99 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 164 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 194 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 89 | 707 | 9 | 2452 |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years