Shelma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelma

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Shelma between 1937 and 1966, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelma performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shelma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelma 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 77 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.