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.
Where Shelba is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#430 · 1 in 4,481
- Alabama#521 · 1 in 7,576
Best ever in a state: #135 in West Virginia, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #430 | 5 | 1 in 4,481 |
| Alabama | #521 | 5 | 1 in 7,576 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 |
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| 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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 45,889 of them was named Shelba, which outranked 74.8% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Tanis38
- #1,499Una38
- #1,499Wendie38
- #1,520Shelba37
- #1,520Andree37
- #1,520Cindi37
- #1,520Clair37
- #1,548Barbaraann36
- #1,548Bethel36
- #1,548Caroll36
Tied with 27 names at #1,520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.