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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Shelton has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #541 (115 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 77 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1912–1996
- 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
- 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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Shelton, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 14,144 of them was named Shelton, which outranked 90.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).