Girls' name · since 1970
Shelon
Shelon has 20 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Shelon since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shelon has 20 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1975.
- #46,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelon ranks #46,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #46,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelon's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shelon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shelon splits its recorded history at 1972: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births).
Shelon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1975
- Peak year (1970)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Shelon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Shelon's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shelon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shelon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–1975 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shelon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.