Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shelvin

#18,683 most common boys' name of all time · #48,997 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–1994

Rank among boys
#18,683
Rank overall
#48,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
59
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #3,198
Best rank
#3,198 1975
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19601980

Shelvin first appears in 1958. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1994 — 5 5 #9,133
1990 — 5 5 #8,540
1980 — 5 5 #6,702
1978 — 5 5 #6,205
1975 — 12 12 #3,198
1974 — 6 6 #4,949
1973 — 5 5 #5,505
1971 — 5 5 #5,361
1962 — 6 6 #3,987
1958 — 5 5 #4,491