How Many People Are Named Shelvia?
people named Shelvia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,683,669 people in the US has this name
Based on 400 babies named Shelvia in Social Security records from 1936 to 1981, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
63 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shelvia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelvia alive today is about 78 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 73 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelvia first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1937, to 63 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1981.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 1981
🏆 Rank History
Shelvia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #874, in 1937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #874 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,904 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelvia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelvia were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 21 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shelvia was given about 9.3 times as often in North Carolina.
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