Girls' name · since 1943
Shielda
14 babies named Shielda in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
14 girls have been named Shielda since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shielda has 14 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1946.
- #50,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1943
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shielda ranks #50,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1943, peaking in the 1940s.
- #50,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1943
- 1940s
- peak decade
Shielda's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shielda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shielda's full recorded timeline at 1946, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1946 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shielda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1946
- Peak year (1946)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Shielda by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Shielda's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shielda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shielda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1943–1946 (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 Shielda 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.