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How popular is “Shelda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shelda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shelda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shelda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shelda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shelda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shelda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shelda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%

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