Sheldon
Sheldon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 80 births. Its best rank was 247th, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 800.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1992608 births
- Best rank
- #247in 1936
- Since 1881
- 36,626people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,626 boys have been named Sheldon in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 608 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sheldon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | |
| 1890s | 41 | |
| 1900s | 126 | |
| 1910s | 1,037 | |
| 1920s | 3,078 | |
| 1930s | 4,296 | |
| 1940s | 4,038 | |
| 1950s | 3,804 | |
| 1960s | 4,032 | |
| 1970s | 3,557 | |
| 1980s | 3,340 | |
| 1990s | 4,837 | |
| 2000s | 2,468 | |
| 2010s | 1,578 | |
| 2020s | 358 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Sheldon was the 380th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Sheldon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherwinpeak 1935
- Florentinopeak 1992
- Candelariopeak 1929
- Narcisopeak 1990
- Isidoropeak 1929
- Kennardpeak 1954
- Modestopeak 1927
- Porfiriopeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.