Shelvia

Popularity Trends

The name Shelvia is the #7,339 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 400 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,316 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 400 births since 1936.

Shelvia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (first recorded for girls in 1936). Birth data for Shelvia is available in 25 out of the 46 years between 1936 and 1981. 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.

For girls, Shelvia reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #524) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 57 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shelvia".

1936 1981 19361981

Key Statistics

Total Births

400

Peak Births

Peak Year

1937

First Recorded

1936

Peak Percentile

10.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#524

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shelvia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Shelvia.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Shelvia's popularity from 1933 to 1984 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Shelvia at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Shelvia range from Shelba at 98.2% correlation to Arbadella at 84.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Myrna with 31.7K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Shelvey with 46 births (100% girls).

Shelvia's share of births peaked at 57.2 births per million for girls in 1937. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (4% of peak) in 1962. In 1981, the most recent period with data, the name Shelvia had 2.8 births per million, 5% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Shelba

2,141

98.17% (very strong)

Shelva

1,131

97.61% (very strong)

Shelvie

300

96.74% (very strong)

Shelbia

147

95.67% (very strong)

Shelvy

396

95.52% (very strong)

Shelvey

89.98% (very strong)

Selva

88.02% (very strong)

Rabon

286

87.37% (very strong)

Myrna

31.7k

86.48% (very strong)

Merrillyn

86.23% (very strong)

Raybon

198

85.21% (very strong)

Arbadella

84.72% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Shelvia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shelvia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.8% confident that Shelvia is pronounced as SHEHL-vee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEHL-vyuh, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

SHEHL-vee-uh

87.8%

SHEHL-vyuh

12.2%

SHEHL-vee-uh (3 syllables)

87.8% confidence

SH EH1 L V IY0 AH0

SHEHL-vyuh (2 syllables)

12.2% confidence

SH EH1 L V Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Shelvia? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Shelvia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Shelvia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH EH1 L V IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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