Shelvia
#12,576 most common girls' name of all time · #20,832 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1936–1981
Rank among girls
#12,576
Rank overall
#20,832 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
400
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #876
Best rank
#876 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 63/yr
Shelvia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,772 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,370 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,175 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,116 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,328 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,020 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,437 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,516 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,399 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,761 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,910 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,114 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,146 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,121 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,645 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,927 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,614 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,205 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1939 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,423 |
| 1938 | 55 | — | 55 | #966 |
| 1937 | 63 | — | 63 | #876 |
| 1936 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,266 |