How Many People Are Named Shelva?
people named Shelva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 590,301 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,131 babies named Shelva in Social Security records from 1936 to 1980, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
194 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shelva, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelva alive today is about 77 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelva first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1937, to 194 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1980.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 1980
🏆 Rank History
Shelva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #471, in 1937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #471 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #964 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelva were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 61 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shelva was given 14.4 times as often in West Virginia, 5.7 times in Virginia and 3 times in Pennsylvania.
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