Shelda
#10,195 most common girls' name of all time · #16,950 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–1988
Rank among girls
#10,195
Rank overall
#16,950 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
569
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1941 #1,537
Best rank
#1,537 1941
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Shelda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,162 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,250 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,366 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,553 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,802 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,259 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,832 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,688 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,772 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,642 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,866 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,191 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,326 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,937 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,334 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,791 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,716 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,560 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,688 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,717 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,790 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,057 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,044 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,111 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,342 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,326 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,852 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,465 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,013 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,456 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,608 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,135 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,310 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,869 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,855 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,886 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,227 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,063 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,537 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,417 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,298 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,733 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,152 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,730 |