How Many People Are Named Shelba?
people named Shelba are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 307,360 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,141 babies named Shelba in Social Security records from 1935 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
349 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shelba (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelba alive today is about 77 years old, and 92% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelba first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1937, to 349 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Shelba has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #341, in 1937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #341 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #699 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelba alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelba were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 97 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shelba was given 5.2 times as often in Arkansas, 5.2 times in West Virginia and 4.8 times in North Carolina.
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