Shelba
#4,284 most common girls' name of all time · #7,301 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1935–1982
Rank among girls
#4,284
Rank overall
#7,301 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
2,141
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #341
Best rank
#341 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 349/yr
Shelba first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,438 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,944 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,006 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,507 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,387 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,119 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,780 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,774 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,192 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,328 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,145 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,530 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,328 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,221 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,904 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,791 |
| 1959 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,095 |
| 1958 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,010 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,832 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1955 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,595 |
| 1954 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,229 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,891 |
| 1952 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,770 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,873 |
| 1950 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,829 |
| 1949 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,658 |
| 1948 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,543 |
| 1947 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,891 |
| 1946 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,393 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,399 |
| 1944 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,045 |
| 1943 | 64 | — | 64 | #994 |
| 1942 | 83 | — | 83 | #843 |
| 1941 | 130 | — | 130 | #623 |
| 1940 | 174 | — | 174 | #521 |
| 1939 | 200 | — | 200 | #472 |
| 1938 | 254 | — | 254 | #422 |
| 1937 | 344 | 5 | 349 | #341 |
| 1936 | 166 | — | 166 | #506 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,200 |