Shelbia

Peak · girls
1937 · 31 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
147
since 1936

Shelbia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelbia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #1,303, 1937girls
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Shelbia! It came in at #2,386, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelbia is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shelbia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shelbia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1954
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1937 at #1,303 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,324
  • Highest: 1 in 34,324 girls born in 1937 were named Shelbia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,383 girls born in 1954 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 57.1% of all girls named Shelbia (84) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s84#1,303 (1937)#1,781
1940s58#1,745 (1940)#3,203
1950s5#5,753 (1954)#5,753

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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