Shelda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 569 babies named Shelda between 1935 and 1988, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shelda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 569 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.