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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shelba

Shelba was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 341st with 344 babies. More babies were named Shelba in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1937344 babies
Total since 1880
2,141babies recorded

Shelba popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1937.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#7,3089
1970——
1960#2,80620
1950#1,82728
1940#521174
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shelba, counting every spelling?

Shelba has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shelba?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Shelba are alive today, with a median age of 82; half are between 70 and 87. That makes Shelba a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shelba by state

How common Shelba was among girls born in each state in 1935–1939, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (5.0×), Arkansas (4.7×), North Carolina (4.3×), Georgia (3.5×), Alabama (2.9×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIL0.16Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesIN0.21Ohio: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOH0.23Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesMO0.40Kentucky: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesKY0.36West Virginia: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesWV0.90Virginia: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesVA0.33Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.86 per 1,000 babiesAR0.86Tennessee: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesTN0.43North Carolina: 0.78 per 1,000 babiesNC0.78South Carolina: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesSC0.22District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesOK0.17Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMS0.09Alabama: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesAL0.53Georgia: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesGA0.63Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shelba, girls, 1935–1939. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shelba

How popular is the name Shelba?

Shelba was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 341st with 344 babies. More babies were named Shelba in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Shelba a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,136 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Shelba most popular?

In 1935–1939, Shelba was most common in West Virginia (0.90 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and North Carolina.