Sheldrick — boys' name
36 babies named Sheldrick in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
36 boys have been named Sheldrick since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1999.
- 36
- total births
- 1970–1999
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Sheldrick was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sheldrick in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheldrick
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Sheldrick between 1970 and 1999, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sheldrick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheldrick performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheldrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheldrick 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 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.
Sheldrick at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheldrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1970
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
36 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 7 births in a single year.
Sheldrick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 25 births that decade — 69% of Sheldrick's all-time total
Sheldrick decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sheldrick's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.