Shelda
- Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 27 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 569since 1935
Shelda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shelda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
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| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
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First appearance
1935
The first year at least five girls were named Shelda! It came in at #2,575, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shelda is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shelda in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shelda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1941 at #1,501 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 1 yr 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 44,745
- Highest: 1 in 44,745 girls born in 1941 were named Shelda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 356,171 girls born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 25.8% of all girls named Shelda (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 69 | #1,873 (1938) | #2,251 |
| 1940s | 127 | #1,501 (1941) | #2,810 |
| 1950s | 135 | #2,391 (1951) | #3,211 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,673 (1961) | #3,704 |
| 1970s | 73 | #4,534 (1971) | #6,246 |
| 1980s | 18 | #8,047 (1983) | #9,647 |
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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