How Many People Are Named Shelda?
people named Shelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 815,715 people in the US has this name
Based on 569 babies named Shelda in Social Security records from 1935 to 1988, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelda alive today is about 66 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelda first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1941, to 27 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1988.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 1988
🏆 Rank History
Shelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,534, in 1941.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,534 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,435 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelda were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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