Shelton
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,973since 1880
Shelton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shelton has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,303 | 24 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,740 | 29 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,418 | 32 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,571 | 31 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,637 | 47 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,935 | 40 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,189 | 62 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,225 | 58 |
| 2012 | — | #2,155 | 62 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,905 | 73 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,187 | 60 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,077 | 66 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #1,772 | 83 |
| 2006 | — | #1,526 | 98 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,506 | 95 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,384 | 103 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,296 | 108 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,244 | 109 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,368 | 93 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #1,247 | 106 |
| 1999 | — | #1,161 | 112 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,130 | 112 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #1,027 | 124 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #969 | 131 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #999 | 123 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #943 | 137 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #834 | 159 |
| 1992 | — | #876 | 145 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #818 | 160 |
| 1990 | — | #819 | 155 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #810 | 149 |
| 1988 | — | #769 | 150 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #810 | 132 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #892 | 104 |
| 1985 | — | #823 | 117 | |
| 1984 | — | #811 | 116 | |
| 1983 | — | #811 | 116 | |
| 1982 | — | #813 | 118 | |
| 1981 | — | #784 | 123 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #796 | 121 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #708 | 147 |
| 1978 | — | #721 | 136 | |
| 1977 | — | #717 | 141 | |
| 1976 | — | #658 | 155 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #622 | 168 |
| 1974 | — | #677 | 144 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #694 | 133 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #596 | 179 |
| 1971 | — | #637 | 166 | |
| 1970 | — | #695 | 142 | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #615 | 161 |
| 1968 | — | #645 | 138 | |
| 1967 | — | #631 | 142 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #608 | 150 |
| 1965 | — | #614 | 156 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #623 | 155 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #637 | 151 |
| 1962 | — | #649 | 142 | |
| 1961 | — | #659 | 141 | |
| 1960 | — | #644 | 147 | |
| 1959 | — | #642 | 144 | |
| 1958 | — | #606 | 161 | |
| 1957 | — | #665 | 130 | |
| 1956 | — | #619 | 151 | |
| 1955 | — | #614 | 146 | |
| 1954 | — | #649 | 127 | |
| 1953 | — | #629 | 129 | |
| 1952 | — | #628 | 125 | |
| 1951 | — | #633 | 124 | |
| 1950 | — | #616 | 124 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #597 | 131 |
| 1948 | — | #582 | 132 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #689 | 88 | |
| 1945 | — | #586 | 106 | |
| 1944 | — | #595 | 106 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #633 | 101 |
| 1942 | — | #620 | 103 | |
| 1941 | — | #546 | 119 | |
| 1940 | — | #591 | 100 | |
| 1939 | — | #601 | 94 | |
| 1938 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1937 | — | #541 | 115 | |
| 1936 | — | #597 | 94 | |
| 1935 | — | #585 | 97 | |
| 1934 | — | #694 | 77 | |
| 1933 | — | #710 | 72 | |
| 1932 | — | #722 | 74 | |
| 1931 | — | #879 | 53 | |
| 1930 | — | #782 | 67 | |
| 1929 | — | #742 | 72 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #702 | 85 | |
| 1926 | — | #759 | 72 | |
| 1925 | — | #717 | 81 | |
| 1924 | — | #647 | 98 | |
| 1923 | — | #860 | 62 | |
| 1922 | — | #748 | 78 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | — | #732 | 79 | |
| 1919 | — | #720 | 77 | |
| 1918 | — | #723 | 78 | |
| 1917 | — | #687 | 77 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | — | #734 | 51 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Shelton was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shelton
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 6 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,707)
- 1,289 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,707)
- 2,518 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 587 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #613)
- Biggest drop: 831 spots in 1911 (#556 → #1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #541 (115 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1912–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,470
- Highest: 1 in 7,470 boys born in 1910 were named Shelton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #541 in 1937, was only 1 in 9,275 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 12.6% of all boys named Shelton (1,511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #583 (1887) | #745 |
| 1890s | 55 | #714 (1899) | #887 |
| 1900s | 103 | #613 (1908) | #842 |
| 1910s | 478 | #556 (1910) | #827 |
| 1920s | 777 | #647 (1924) | #743 |
| 1930s | 834 | #541 (1937) | #673 |
| 1940s | 1,107 | #546 (1941) | #606 |
| 1950s | 1,361 | #606 (1958) | #630 |
| 1960s | 1,483 | #608 (1966) | #633 |
| 1970s | 1,511 | #596 (1972) | #673 |
| 1980s | 1,246 | #769 (1988) | #812 |
| 1990s | 1,358 | #818 (1991) | #958 |
| 2000s | 934 | #1,244 (2002) | #1,537 |
| 2010s | 513 | #1,905 (2011) | #2,624 |
| 2020s | 152 | #3,418 (2020) | #4,182 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shelton in 1971
boys
#637
166 births · 1 in 10,653 boys
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 10,653 of them was named Shelton, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).