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

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Peak · boys
#541
1937 · 115 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,973
since 1880

Shelton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Shelton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #541, 1937boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,70721
2024—#4,70121
2023—#4,22025
2022—#4,30324
2021—#3,74029
2020—#3,41832
2019—#3,57131
2018—#4,09425
2017—#2,63747
2016—#2,93540
2015—#2,18962
2014—#2,34555
2013#16,5475#2,22558
2012—#2,15562
2011—#1,90573
2010—#2,18760
2009—#2,07766
2008#17,5045#1,94873
2007#15,4916#1,77283
2006—#1,52698
2005—#1,50695
2004—#1,384103
2003—#1,296108
2002#13,5956#1,244109
2001#12,0567#1,36893
2000#10,7458#1,247106
1999—#1,161112
1998#10,1228#1,130112
1997#9,0179#1,027124
1996#10,5677#969131
1995#11,7836#999123
1994#9,5868#943137
1993#10,5887#834159
1992—#876145
1991#13,1475#818160
1990—#819155
1989#12,3625#810149
1988—#769150
1987#11,3255#810132
1986#7,7498#892104
1985—#823117
1984—#811116
1983—#811116
1982—#813118
1981—#784123
1980#8,1787#796121
1979#9,0106#708147
1978—#721136
1977—#717141
1976—#658155
1975#7,9846#622168
1974—#677144
1973#8,4235#694133
1972#7,2926#596179
1971—#637166
1970—#695142
1969#5,9747#615161
1968—#645138
1967—#631142
1966#4,8668#608150
1965—#614156
1964#6,7675#623155
1963#5,2967#637151
1962—#649142
1961—#659141
1960—#644147
1959—#642144
1958—#606161
1957—#665130
1956—#619151
1955—#614146
1954—#649127
1953—#629129
1952—#628125
1951—#633124
1950—#616124
1949#5,2445#597131
1948—#582132
1947—#618121
1946—#68988
1945—#586106
1944—#595106
1943#4,6915#633101
1942—#620103
1941—#546119
1940—#591100
1939—#60194
1938—#62291
1937—#541115
1936—#59794
1935—#58597
1934—#69477
1933—#71072
1932—#72274
1931—#87953
1930—#78267
1929—#74272
1928—#80666
1927—#70285
1926—#75972
1925—#71781
1924—#64798
1923—#86062
1922—#74878
1921—#71584
1920—#73279
1919—#72077
1918—#72378
1917—#68777
1916—#95245
1915—#79158
1914—#73451
1913—#78936
1912—#93523
1911—#1,3877
1910—#55626
1909—#67916
1908—#61318
1907—#1,2006
1906—#79810
1905—#63614
1904—#72311
1903—#8468
1902—#9337
1901—#9436
1900—#1,0507
1899—#7149
1898—#8048
1897—#1,0575
1896—#9826
1895—#9786
1894—#7309
1893—#8367
1892——
1891——
1890—#9945
1889——
1888—#1,0315
1887—#58310
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884—#7647
1883—#6778
1882—#61110
1881——
1880—#7457
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s61#583 (1887)#745
1890s55#714 (1899)#887
1900s103#613 (1908)#842
1910s478#556 (1910)#827
1920s777#647 (1924)#743
1930s834#541 (1937)#673
1940s1,107#546 (1941)#606
1950s1,361#606 (1958)#630
1960s1,483#608 (1966)#633
1970s1,511#596 (1972)#673
1980s1,246#769 (1988)#812
1990s1,358#818 (1991)#958
2000s934#1,244 (2002)#1,537
2010s513#1,905 (2011)#2,624
2020s152#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 1997

girls
#9,017
9 births · 1 in 193,412 girls
boys
#1,027
124 births · 1 in 15,203 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #9,017Shelton9

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,027Shelton124
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 193,412 of them was named Shelton, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelton
  1. #8,334Zarriah10
  2. #8,334Zerina10
  3. #8,334Zeynep10
  4. #9,017Shelton9
  5. #9,017Aaminah9
  6. #9,017Aarica9
  7. #9,017Abagael9
  8. #9,802Aaliayah8
  9. #9,802Aamina8
  10. #9,802Aaren8

Tied with 784 names at #9,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,203 of them was named Shelton, which outranked 90.5% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelton
  1. #1,016Savon125
  2. #1,016Schuyler125
  3. #1,016Tom125
  4. #1,027Shelton124
  5. #1,027Arman124
  6. #1,027Brodie124
  7. #1,027Chadwick124
  8. #1,040Federico123
  9. #1,040Konner123
  10. #1,040London123

Tied with 12 names at #1,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →