Shelton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Shelton is a boys' name, meaning “deck, shelf”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Shelton mean?
“deck, shelf”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shelton a girl's or a boy's name?
Shelton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shelton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Shelton, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 179 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shelton in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shelton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 83 | #1,772 |
| 2006 | 98 | #1,526 |
| 2005 | 95 | #1,505 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,382 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,295 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,364 |
| 2000 | 106 | #1,244 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,159 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,127 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 131 | #967 |
| 1995 | 123 | #996 |
| 1994 | 137 | #940 |
| 1993 | 159 | #832 |
| 1992 | 145 | #873 |
| 1991 | 160 | #814 |
| 1990 | 155 | #815 |
| 1989 | 149 | #807 |
| 1988 | 150 | #768 |
| 1987 | 132 | #809 |
| 1986 | 104 | #892 |
| 1985 | 117 | #823 |
| 1984 | 116 | #811 |
| 1983 | 116 | #811 |
| 1982 | 118 | #813 |
| 1981 | 123 | #784 |
| 1980 | 121 | #796 |
| 1979 | 147 | #708 |
| 1978 | 136 | #721 |
| 1977 | 141 | #717 |
| 1976 | 155 | #658 |
| 1975 | 168 | #622 |
| 1974 | 144 | #677 |
| 1973 | 133 | #694 |
| 1972 | 179 | #596 |
| 1971 | 166 | #637 |
| 1970 | 142 | #695 |
| 1969 | 161 | #615 |
| 1968 | 138 | #645 |
| 1967 | 142 | #631 |
| 1966 | 150 | #608 |
| 1965 | 156 | #614 |
| 1964 | 155 | #623 |
| 1963 | 151 | #637 |
| 1962 | 142 | #649 |
| 1961 | 141 | #658 |
| 1960 | 147 | #643 |
| 1959 | 144 | #641 |
| 1958 | 161 | #605 |
| 1957 | 130 | #664 |
| 1956 | 151 | #618 |
| 1955 | 146 | #613 |
| 1954 | 127 | #648 |
| 1953 | 129 | #628 |
| 1952 | 125 | #627 |
| 1951 | 124 | #632 |
| 1950 | 124 | #615 |
| 1949 | 131 | #596 |
| 1948 | 132 | #581 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 |
| 1946 | 88 | #689 |
| 1945 | 106 | #586 |
| 1944 | 106 | #595 |
| 1943 | 101 | #633 |
| 1942 | 103 | #620 |
| 1941 | 119 | #546 |
| 1940 | 100 | #591 |
| 1939 | 94 | #601 |
| 1938 | 91 | #622 |
| 1937 | 115 | #541 |
| 1936 | 94 | #597 |
| 1935 | 97 | #585 |
| 1934 | 77 | #694 |
| 1933 | 72 | #710 |
| 1932 | 74 | #722 |
| 1931 | 53 | #879 |
| 1930 | 67 | #782 |
| 1929 | 72 | #742 |
| 1928 | 66 | #806 |
| 1927 | 85 | #702 |
| 1926 | 72 | #759 |
| 1925 | 81 | #717 |
| 1924 | 98 | #647 |
| 1923 | 62 | #860 |
| 1922 | 78 | #748 |
| 1921 | 84 | #715 |
| 1920 | 79 | #732 |
| 1919 | 77 | #720 |
| 1918 | 78 | #723 |
| 1917 | 77 | #687 |
| 1916 | 45 | #952 |
| 1915 | 58 | #791 |
| 1914 | 51 | #734 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Shelton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Steven, Nelson, Richard, Robert, Byron, Ramon, Martin, Peter, Thomas, John, David, Michael
Names related to Shelton
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shelton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shelton, updated 20 October 2026.