Shelva
- Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392
- Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
- Given to girls 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 194 births
- Debut · girls
- 89 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,117since 1936
Shelva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shelva has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #854 | 70 | — | |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 | — | |
| 1938 | #527 | 164 | — | |
| 1937 | #470 | 194 | — | |
| 1936 | #707 | 89 | #2,452 | 9 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Shelva! It came in at #707, and was given to 89 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shelva is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shelva in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shelva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1941
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1937 at #470 (194 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1936–1940
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,485
- Highest: 1 in 5,485 girls born in 1937 were named Shelva (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 48.9% of all girls named Shelva (546) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 546 | #470 (1937) | #596 |
| 1940s | 329 | #854 (1940) | #1,680 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,275 |
| 1960s | 64 | #3,592 (1962) | #5,276 |
| 1970s | 35 | #5,818 (1970) | #6,804 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
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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