Shelva
#6,481 most common girls' name of all time · #10,927 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1936–1980
Rank among girls
#6,481
Rank overall
#10,927 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,131
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #471
Best rank
#471 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 194/yr
Shelva first appears in 1936. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,743 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,389 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,949 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,152 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,655 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,025 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,195 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,396 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,315 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,503 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,716 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,690 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,178 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,074 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,851 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,331 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,752 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,439 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,932 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,990 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,049 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,331 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,070 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,427 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,330 |
| 1948 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,786 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,143 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,580 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,913 |
| 1943 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,125 |
| 1941 | 46 | 5 | 51 | #1,100 |
| 1940 | 70 | — | 70 | #858 |
| 1939 | 99 | — | 99 | #687 |
| 1938 | 164 | — | 164 | #532 |
| 1937 | 194 | — | 194 | #471 |
| 1936 | 89 | 9 | 98 | #710 |