Shelvia
- Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 33 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 400since 1936
Shelvia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shelvia has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
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| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
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| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 |
| 1937 | #870 | 63 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Shelvia! It came in at #1,245, and was given to 33 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shelvia is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shelvia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shelvia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1939
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1937 at #870 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1937–1938
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,889
- Highest: 1 in 16,889 girls born in 1937 were named Shelvia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 44.8% of all girls named Shelvia (179) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 179 | #870 (1937) | #1,118 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,294 (1940) | #2,796 |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,714 (1951) | #4,451 |
| 1960s | 29 | #5,168 (1960) | #6,074 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,753 |
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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