Shelton

Where Shelton comes from

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shelton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1937
    Peak, #541
    115 babies named Shelton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1963
    Shelton Fabre born
    Catholic archbishop
  4. 1975
    Shelton Benjamin born
    American professional wrestler
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,345.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Shelton Benjamin · American professional wrestler, born 1975
  • Shelton Fabre · Catholic archbishop, born 1963
  • Shelton Brooks · Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz, 1886–1975
  • Shelton Martis · Dutch footballer, born 1982
  • Shelton Jones · American basketball player, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.