How Many People Are Named Shelden?
people named Shelden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,251,959 people in the US has this name
Based on 280 babies named Shelden in Social Security records from 1973 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shelden, 1.8% were girls and 98.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 4.3% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelden alive today is about 25 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelden first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1997, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Shelden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,982, in 1998.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,982 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,207 in the 1990s |
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