Shelden
#10,001 most common boys' name of all time · #25,250 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1973–2018
Rank among boys
#10,001
Rank overall
#25,250 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
280
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1997 #4,575
Best rank
#3,934 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Shelden first appears in 1973. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,583 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,025 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,145 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,021 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,756 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,177 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,410 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,172 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,216 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,794 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,941 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,130 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,261 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,156 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,487 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,172 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,934 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,575 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,029 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,173 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,679 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,999 |
| 1992 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,462 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,746 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,478 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,827 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,887 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,859 |