Sheldon — #1950 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sheldon

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,626 babies named Sheldon between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sheldon currently holds the #1950 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 608 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheldon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,837 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sheldon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6,185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheldon in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheldon 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 36,626 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.