girls:
2.1k births since 1935
#3717 (35th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1937
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1935
#5646 (27th percentile)
The name Shelba is the #5,646 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,141 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 27.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,717 (35.0% percentile) for all time with 2,136 births since 1935. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1937.
Shelba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for girls and 1937 for boys). Birth data for Shelba is available in 43 out of the 48 years between 1935 and 1982 (43 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shelba has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shelba reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 45.1% percentile (ranked #320) with 312 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 312 births per million (ranked 45.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, Shelba reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #524) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1937.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shelba".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shelba", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shelby" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shelby..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shelba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.4% confident that Shelba is pronounced as SHEHL-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEHL-bee, at 2.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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