Shelba
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #8,224 · Last seen for boys in 1937 at #3,518
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 344 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,136since 1935
Shelba over time
Rank among girls' names. Shelba has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,040 | 57 | — | |
| 1943 | #992 | 64 | — | |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 | — | |
| 1941 | #620 | 130 | — | |
| 1940 | #520 | 174 | — | |
| 1939 | #471 | 200 | — | |
| 1938 | #421 | 254 | — | |
| 1937 | #340 | 344 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #504 | 166 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shelba! It came in at #3,742, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shelba
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 3,238 spots in 1936 (#3,742 → #504)
- Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1942 (#620 → #835)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1937 at #340 (344 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1936–1943
- Highest: 1 in 3,093 girls born in 1937 were named Shelba (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 241,904 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all girls named Shelba (970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 970 | #340 (1937) | #1,096 |
| 1940s | 679 | #520 (1940) | #1,177 |
| 1950s | 287 | #1,579 (1955) | #2,026 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,704 (1963) | #3,744 |
| 1970s | 38 | #6,558 (1972) | #7,667 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,789 (1980) | #7,507 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shelba in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 3,093 of them was named Shelba, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 213,332 of them was named Shelba, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 502 names at #3,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.