first name
SHELDON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,589 people named Sheldon, 58.4% reported their origin as White, 28.4% as Black and 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sheldon peaked in 1992, when 624 babies got the name.
At least 37,172 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sheldon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #561. The largest share of babies named Sheldon, 20.4%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sheldon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sheldon has been most common in Hawaii (5.5×), New York (2.6×), and Utah (2.4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.15×).
30,793 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sheldon
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sheldon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sheldon ranks #1,926 of 156,621, with 18,325 people. See Sheldon as a last name
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