Shelva
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 194 births
- Debut · girls
- 89 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,117since 1936
Shelva over time
Rank among girls' names. Shelva has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #854 | 70 | — | |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 | — | |
| 1938 | #527 | 164 | — | |
| 1937 | #470 | 194 | — | |
| 1936 | #707 | 89 | #2,452 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shelva! It came in at #707, and was given to 89 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shelva
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1937 (#707 → #470)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1941 (#854 → #1,087)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1937 at #470 (194 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1936–1940
- Highest: 1 in 5,485 girls born in 1937 were named Shelva (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
- 48.9% of all girls named Shelva (546) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 546 | #470 (1937) | #596 |
| 1940s | 329 | #854 (1940) | #1,680 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,275 |
| 1960s | 64 | #3,592 (1962) | #5,276 |
| 1970s | 35 | #5,818 (1970) | #6,804 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
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.
Shelva in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 11,690 of them was named Shelva, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #702Magdalene90
- #702Ofelia90
- #702Rosanne90
- #707Shelva89
- #707Catharine89
- #707Idella89
- #707Ouida89
- #711Donald88
- #711Felicia88
- #711Georgiana88
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 115,245 of them was named Shelva, which outranked 39.3% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,301Willaim10
- #2,301Willey10
- #2,301Zeno10
- #2,452Shelva9
- #2,452Achille9
- #2,452Adelard9
- #2,452Alphonsus9
- #2,629Abbie8
- #2,629Addie8
- #2,629Ahmed8
Tied with 176 names at #2,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.