Meaning not yet researched.
Shelva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #471 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #471 in 1937. No US babies were recorded with the name Shelva in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #471 in 1937.
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Shelva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #471 in 1937 · most girls in one year: 194 (1937).
Fewer than five US girls were named Shelva in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #471, reached in 1937. That year also had the most girls given the name: 194. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,420 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Shelva in 38 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1936 with 98 babies. In all, 1,131 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 555 babies named Shelva.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Shelva.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | #11,852 | — | — |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,823 | — | — |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,554 | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,455 | — | — |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,156 | — | — |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,270 | — | — |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,499 | — | — |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,994 | — | — |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,662 | — | — |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,713 | — | — |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,847 | — | — |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,746 | — | — |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,448 | — | — |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,131 | — | — |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,971 | — | — |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,357 | — | — |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,978 | — | — |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,444 | — | — |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,951 | — | — |
| 1954 | 15 | #3,001 | — | — |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,083 | — | — |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,356 | — | — |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,089 | — | — |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,420 | — | — |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,328 | — | — |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,944 | — | — |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,786 | — | — |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,144 | — | — |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,578 | — | — |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,909 | — | — |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,419 | — | — |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,098 | 5 | #3,938 |
| 1940 | 70 | #857 | — | — |
| 1939 | 99 | #686 | — | — |
| 1938 | 164 | #532 | — | — |
| 1937 | 194 | #471 | — | — |
| 1936 | 89 | #710 | 9 | #2,599 |
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).