Shelton — #5052 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shelton

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,950 babies named Shelton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shelton currently holds the #5052 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 179 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelton performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Shelton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 1,613 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelton in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelton 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 11,950 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.