Meaning not yet researched.
Shelton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 21 in 2025. Its best rank was #544 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #544 in 1937; #4,837 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Shelton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,837 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #544.
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Shelton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 21 boys in 2025. Peak: #544 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 179 (1972).
In 2025, 21 US boys were named Shelton, making it the 4,837th most common boys’ name of the year, up 19 places from #4,856 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 21 boys named Shelton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #544, reached in 1937. The most boys given the name in a single year was 179, in 1972. For comparison, it was #2,206 in 2015 and #620 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Shelton in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 12,145 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 1,534 babies named Shelton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 295 US boys were named Shelton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 47. In 2025 that was about 1 in 81,337 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Shel, Shelly and Tony.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 21 | #4,837 |
| 2024 | — | — | 21 | #4,856 |
| 2023 | — | — | 25 | #4,321 |
| 2022 | — | — | 24 | #4,417 |
| 2021 | — | — | 29 | #3,805 |
| 2020 | — | — | 32 | #3,479 |
| 2019 | — | — | 31 | #3,624 |
| 2018 | — | — | 25 | #4,200 |
| 2017 | — | — | 47 | #2,666 |
| 2016 | — | — | 40 | #2,981 |
| 2015 | — | — | 62 | #2,206 |
| 2014 | — | — | 55 | #2,367 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,877 | 58 | #2,247 |
| 2012 | — | — | 62 | #2,169 |
| 2011 | — | — | 73 | #1,920 |
| 2010 | — | — | 60 | #2,207 |
| 2009 | — | — | 66 | #2,095 |
| 2008 | 5 | #20,032 | 73 | #1,964 |
| 2007 | 6 | #17,298 | 83 | #1,779 |
| 2006 | — | — | 98 | #1,533 |
| 2005 | — | — | 95 | #1,512 |
| 2004 | — | — | 103 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | — | — | 108 | #1,303 |
| 2002 | 6 | #15,117 | 109 | #1,253 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,267 | 93 | #1,377 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,632 | 106 | #1,251 |
| 1999 | — | — | 112 | #1,170 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,988 | 112 | #1,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,686 | 124 | #1,037 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,617 | 131 | #973 |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,144 | 123 | #1,004 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,402 | 137 | #947 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,611 | 159 | #838 |
| 1992 | — | — | 145 | #879 |
| 1991 | 5 | #15,054 | 160 | #818 |
| 1990 | — | — | 155 | #821 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,207 | 149 | #813 |
| 1988 | — | — | 150 | #771 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,951 | 132 | #812 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,391 | 104 | #895 |
| 1985 | — | — | 117 | #830 |
| 1984 | — | — | 116 | #814 |
| 1983 | — | — | 116 | #812 |
| 1982 | — | — | 118 | #818 |
| 1981 | — | — | 123 | #790 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,928 | 121 | #798 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,996 | 147 | #713 |
| 1978 | — | — | 136 | #723 |
| 1977 | — | — | 141 | #718 |
| 1976 | — | — | 155 | #659 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,860 | 168 | #624 |
| 1974 | — | — | 144 | #681 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,547 | 133 | #697 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,079 | 179 | #598 |
| 1971 | — | — | 166 | #640 |
| 1970 | — | — | 142 | #699 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,498 | 161 | #619 |
| 1968 | — | — | 138 | #648 |
| 1967 | — | — | 142 | #632 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,207 | 150 | #608 |
| 1965 | — | — | 156 | #615 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,647 | 155 | #624 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,797 | 151 | #639 |
| 1962 | — | — | 142 | #650 |
| 1961 | — | — | 141 | #660 |
| 1960 | — | — | 147 | #645 |
| 1959 | — | — | 144 | #643 |
| 1958 | — | — | 161 | #607 |
| 1957 | — | — | 130 | #670 |
| 1956 | — | — | 151 | #621 |
| 1955 | — | — | 146 | #615 |
| 1954 | — | — | 127 | #650 |
| 1953 | — | — | 129 | #629 |
| 1952 | — | — | 125 | #630 |
| 1951 | — | — | 124 | #634 |
| 1950 | — | — | 124 | #620 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,945 | 131 | #597 |
| 1948 | — | — | 132 | #583 |
| 1947 | — | — | 121 | #623 |
| 1946 | — | — | 88 | #694 |
| 1945 | — | — | 106 | #591 |
| 1944 | — | — | 106 | #597 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,275 | 101 | #638 |
| 1942 | — | — | 103 | #624 |
| 1941 | — | — | 119 | #549 |
| 1940 | — | — | 100 | #596 |
| 1939 | — | — | 94 | #603 |
| 1938 | — | — | 91 | #627 |
| 1937 | — | — | 115 | #544 |
| 1936 | — | — | 94 | #599 |
| 1935 | — | — | 97 | #587 |
| 1934 | — | — | 77 | #696 |
| 1933 | — | — | 72 | #717 |
| 1932 | — | — | 74 | #726 |
| 1931 | — | — | 53 | #886 |
| 1930 | — | — | 67 | #793 |
| 1929 | — | — | 72 | #750 |
| 1928 | — | — | 66 | #812 |
| 1927 | — | — | 85 | #708 |
| 1926 | — | — | 72 | #764 |
| 1925 | — | — | 81 | #722 |
| 1924 | — | — | 98 | #652 |
| 1923 | — | — | 62 | #871 |
| 1922 | — | — | 78 | #753 |
| 1921 | — | — | 84 | #721 |
| 1920 | — | — | 79 | #737 |
| 1919 | — | — | 77 | #729 |
| 1918 | — | — | 78 | #727 |
| 1917 | — | — | 77 | #691 |
| 1916 | — | — | 45 | #963 |
| 1915 | — | — | 58 | #802 |
| 1914 | — | — | 51 | #743 |
| 1913 | — | — | 36 | #802 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #965 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,515 |
| 1910 | — | — | 26 | #567 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #708 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #626 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,324 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #846 |
| 1905 | — | — | 14 | #660 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #756 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #900 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #1,007 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,043 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,149 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #773 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #881 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,205 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,085 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,067 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #780 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #895 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,162 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #624 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #952 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #756 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #835 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #717 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #644 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #797 |
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).