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Sheldon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 46 in 2025. Its best rank was #247 in 1936.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #247 in 1936; #2,788 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sheldon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,788 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1936, at #247.
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Sheldon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 46 boys in 2025. Peak: #247 in 1936 · most boys in one year: 608 (1992).
In 2025, 46 US boys were named Sheldon, making it the 2,788th most common boys’ name of the year, down 835 places from #1,953 in 2024. That is 35 fewer than the 81 boys named Sheldon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #247, reached in 1936. The most boys given the name in a single year was 608, in 1992. For comparison, it was #1,281 in 2015 and #335 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sheldon in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 7 babies. In all, 37,172 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 4,995 babies named Sheldon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 907 US boys were named Sheldon; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 134. In 2025 that was about 1 in 37,132 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sheldon ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #1,803 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Shelden, Sheldyn and Sheldan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Shelly.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Shelden (280), Sheldyn (23), Sheldan (22).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 6 | #1,803 | #1,083 |
| California | 5 | #2,758 | #1,045 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 46 | #2,788 |
| 2024 | — | — | 81 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | — | — | 60 | #2,339 |
| 2022 | — | — | 68 | #2,164 |
| 2021 | — | — | 72 | #2,054 |
| 2020 | — | — | 79 | #1,891 |
| 2019 | — | — | 110 | #1,541 |
| 2018 | — | — | 126 | #1,399 |
| 2017 | — | — | 134 | #1,339 |
| 2016 | — | — | 131 | #1,364 |
| 2015 | — | — | 140 | #1,281 |
| 2014 | — | — | 166 | #1,145 |
| 2013 | — | — | 180 | #1,055 |
| 2012 | — | — | 216 | #945 |
| 2011 | — | — | 176 | #1,069 |
| 2010 | — | — | 200 | #987 |
| 2009 | — | — | 189 | #1,031 |
| 2008 | — | — | 211 | #952 |
| 2007 | — | — | 206 | #957 |
| 2006 | — | — | 242 | #842 |
| 2005 | — | — | 257 | #773 |
| 2004 | — | — | 239 | #762 |
| 2003 | — | — | 230 | #769 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,032 | 265 | #688 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,995 | 329 | #601 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,630 | 301 | #623 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,213 | 363 | #553 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,668 | 401 | #520 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,788 | 454 | #475 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,495 | 460 | #476 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,994 | 493 | #459 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,358 | 520 | #438 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,967 | 490 | #446 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,961 | 608 | #380 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,910 | 547 | #415 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,095 | 501 | #441 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,382 | 391 | #485 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,225 | 387 | #462 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,638 | 367 | #462 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,515 | 352 | #464 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,613 | 326 | #481 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,882 | 305 | #479 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,753 | 294 | #491 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,292 | 274 | #513 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,905 | 323 | #463 |
| 1980 | — | — | 321 | #469 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,995 | 322 | #452 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,843 | 316 | #449 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,292 | 339 | #430 |
| 1976 | 6 | #9,044 | 391 | #392 |
| 1975 | 8 | #7,028 | 368 | #399 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,767 | 361 | #411 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,983 | 338 | #426 |
| 1972 | 7 | #7,143 | 324 | #441 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,243 | 382 | #412 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,743 | 416 | #392 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,681 | 408 | #391 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,991 | 402 | #388 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,660 | 390 | #383 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,801 | 392 | #386 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,515 | 396 | #393 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,654 | 412 | #394 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,609 | 398 | #404 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,765 | 436 | #384 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,386 | 408 | #394 |
| 1960 | — | — | 390 | #402 |
| 1959 | — | — | 377 | #409 |
| 1958 | — | — | 412 | #385 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,294 | 425 | #374 |
| 1956 | — | — | 414 | #363 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,572 | 353 | #384 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,230 | 409 | #355 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,393 | 323 | #391 |
| 1952 | — | — | 367 | #354 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,957 | 320 | #380 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,212 | 404 | #335 |
| 1949 | — | — | 377 | #345 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,922 | 401 | #336 |
| 1947 | — | — | 429 | #333 |
| 1946 | — | — | 395 | #323 |
| 1945 | — | — | 368 | #309 |
| 1944 | — | — | 380 | #311 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,142 | 458 | #286 |
| 1942 | — | — | 432 | #292 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,904 | 414 | #284 |
| 1940 | — | — | 384 | #286 |
| 1939 | — | — | 374 | #285 |
| 1938 | — | — | 438 | #263 |
| 1937 | — | — | 437 | #257 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,342 | 453 | #247 |
| 1935 | — | — | 465 | #249 |
| 1934 | — | — | 462 | #250 |
| 1933 | — | — | 429 | #252 |
| 1932 | — | — | 423 | #267 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,881 | 410 | #273 |
| 1930 | — | — | 405 | #282 |
| 1929 | — | — | 403 | #276 |
| 1928 | — | — | 421 | #277 |
| 1927 | — | — | 370 | #302 |
| 1926 | — | — | 351 | #303 |
| 1925 | — | — | 323 | #318 |
| 1924 | — | — | 311 | #329 |
| 1923 | — | — | 243 | #381 |
| 1922 | — | — | 233 | #393 |
| 1921 | — | — | 223 | #407 |
| 1920 | — | — | 200 | #424 |
| 1919 | — | — | 198 | #417 |
| 1918 | — | — | 170 | #456 |
| 1917 | — | — | 147 | #473 |
| 1916 | — | — | 135 | #490 |
| 1915 | — | — | 125 | #496 |
| 1914 | — | — | 90 | #519 |
| 1913 | — | — | 59 | #572 |
| 1912 | — | — | 73 | #464 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #623 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #816 |
| 1909 | — | — | 17 | #675 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #682 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #695 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #583 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,403 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #717 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #773 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #788 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #676 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #727 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,102 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #928 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #886 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #788 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #960 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #905 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,085 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,080 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #834 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #772 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).