Sheldon
#591 most common boys' name of all time · #1,318 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among boys
#591
Rank overall
#1,318 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
37,172
Since 2016
907
Peak year
1992 #380
Best rank
#247 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 624/yr
Sheldon first appears in 1881. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,767 |
| 2024 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,940 |
| 2023 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,319 |
| 2022 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,151 |
| 2021 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,040 |
| 2020 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,873 |
| 2019 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,534 |
| 2018 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 2017 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,335 |
| 2016 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,357 |
| 2015 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,280 |
| 2014 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,144 |
| 2013 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,054 |
| 2012 | — | 216 | 216 | #943 |
| 2011 | — | 176 | 176 | #1,066 |
| 2010 | — | 200 | 200 | #984 |
| 2009 | — | 189 | 189 | #1,029 |
| 2008 | — | 211 | 211 | #953 |
| 2007 | — | 206 | 206 | #956 |
| 2006 | — | 242 | 242 | #841 |
| 2005 | — | 257 | 257 | #772 |
| 2004 | — | 239 | 239 | #760 |
| 2003 | — | 230 | 230 | #767 |
| 2002 | 8 | 265 | 273 | #688 |
| 2001 | 10 | 329 | 339 | #601 |
| 2000 | 8 | 301 | 309 | #623 |
| 1999 | 9 | 363 | 372 | #553 |
| 1998 | 15 | 401 | 416 | #520 |
| 1997 | 14 | 454 | 468 | #475 |
| 1996 | 18 | 460 | 478 | #476 |
| 1995 | 20 | 493 | 513 | #458 |
| 1994 | 24 | 520 | 544 | #437 |
| 1993 | 11 | 490 | 501 | #446 |
| 1992 | 16 | 608 | 624 | #380 |
| 1991 | 16 | 547 | 563 | #414 |
| 1990 | 15 | 501 | 516 | #441 |
| 1989 | 11 | 391 | 402 | #484 |
| 1988 | 13 | 387 | 400 | #462 |
| 1987 | 8 | 367 | 375 | #462 |
| 1986 | 18 | 352 | 370 | #463 |
| 1985 | 13 | 326 | 339 | #481 |
| 1984 | 5 | 305 | 310 | #479 |
| 1983 | 5 | 294 | 299 | #491 |
| 1982 | 6 | 274 | 280 | #513 |
| 1981 | 7 | 323 | 330 | #462 |
| 1980 | — | 321 | 321 | #468 |
| 1979 | 6 | 322 | 328 | #452 |
| 1978 | 9 | 316 | 325 | #448 |
| 1977 | 7 | 339 | 346 | #430 |
| 1976 | 6 | 391 | 397 | #392 |
| 1975 | 8 | 368 | 376 | #399 |
| 1974 | 8 | 361 | 369 | #411 |
| 1973 | 9 | 338 | 347 | #426 |
| 1972 | 7 | 324 | 331 | #440 |
| 1971 | 7 | 382 | 389 | #412 |
| 1970 | 9 | 416 | 425 | #392 |
| 1969 | 11 | 408 | 419 | #390 |
| 1968 | 5 | 402 | 407 | #388 |
| 1967 | 6 | 390 | 396 | #382 |
| 1966 | 9 | 392 | 401 | #386 |
| 1965 | 14 | 396 | 410 | #393 |
| 1964 | 6 | 412 | 418 | #393 |
| 1963 | 14 | 398 | 412 | #404 |
| 1962 | 7 | 436 | 443 | #384 |
| 1961 | 5 | 408 | 413 | #394 |
| 1960 | — | 390 | 390 | #402 |
| 1959 | — | 377 | 377 | #409 |
| 1958 | — | 412 | 412 | #385 |
| 1957 | 7 | 425 | 432 | #373 |
| 1956 | — | 414 | 414 | #363 |
| 1955 | 5 | 353 | 358 | #383 |
| 1954 | 9 | 409 | 418 | #354 |
| 1953 | 5 | 323 | 328 | #391 |
| 1952 | — | 367 | 367 | #354 |
| 1951 | 9 | 320 | 329 | #380 |
| 1950 | 6 | 404 | 410 | #336 |
| 1949 | — | 377 | 377 | #346 |
| 1948 | 5 | 401 | 406 | #336 |
| 1947 | — | 429 | 429 | #333 |
| 1946 | — | 395 | 395 | #323 |
| 1945 | — | 368 | 368 | #309 |
| 1944 | — | 380 | 380 | #311 |
| 1943 | 7 | 458 | 465 | #286 |
| 1942 | — | 432 | 432 | #292 |
| 1941 | 7 | 414 | 421 | #284 |
| 1940 | — | 384 | 384 | #285 |
| 1939 | — | 374 | 374 | #285 |
| 1938 | — | 438 | 438 | #263 |
| 1937 | — | 437 | 437 | #257 |
| 1936 | 8 | 453 | 461 | #247 |
| 1935 | — | 465 | 465 | #249 |
| 1934 | — | 462 | 462 | #250 |
| 1933 | — | 429 | 429 | #252 |
| 1932 | — | 423 | 423 | #266 |
| 1931 | 5 | 410 | 415 | #273 |
| 1930 | — | 405 | 405 | #282 |
| 1929 | — | 403 | 403 | #276 |
| 1928 | — | 421 | 421 | #277 |
| 1927 | — | 370 | 370 | #302 |
| 1926 | — | 351 | 351 | #303 |
| 1925 | — | 323 | 323 | #318 |
| 1924 | — | 311 | 311 | #329 |
| 1923 | — | 243 | 243 | #381 |
| 1922 | — | 233 | 233 | #392 |
| 1921 | — | 223 | 223 | #408 |
| 1920 | — | 200 | 200 | #424 |
| 1919 | — | 198 | 198 | #416 |
| 1918 | — | 170 | 170 | #456 |
| 1917 | — | 147 | 147 | #473 |
| 1916 | — | 135 | 135 | #490 |
| 1915 | — | 125 | 125 | #495 |
| 1914 | — | 90 | 90 | #519 |
| 1913 | — | 59 | 59 | #569 |
| 1912 | — | 73 | 73 | #464 |
| 1911 | — | 25 | 25 | #618 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #808 |
| 1909 | — | 17 | 17 | #673 |
| 1908 | — | 16 | 16 | #676 |
| 1907 | — | 15 | 15 | #690 |
| 1906 | — | 17 | 17 | #584 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,293 |
| 1904 | — | 12 | 12 | #714 |
| 1903 | — | 10 | 10 | #764 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #779 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #672 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #728 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,107 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,055 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #903 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #872 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,031 |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | #780 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #927 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #887 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,017 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #821 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #778 |