Shelvia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelvia

The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Shelvia between 1936 and 1981, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelvia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelvia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shelvia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelvia in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelvia 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 400 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.