Shelba is an uncommon variant of Shelby that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Shelba is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1982. Shelba was first reported in SSA data in 1935 and peaked in 1937 (344 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | — | #9,050 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,308 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,988 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,984 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,821 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #7,542 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #9,538 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,141 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,495 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,562 | — |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,186 | — |
| 1966 | 15 | — | #3,378 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,726 | — |
| 1964 | 16 | — | #3,359 | — |
| 1963 | 21 | — | #2,766 | — |
| 1962 | 16 | — | #3,276 | — |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #2,935 | — |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #2,806 | — |
| 1959 | 30 | — | #2,100 | — |
| 1958 | 31 | — | #2,020 | — |
| 1957 | 36 | — | #1,838 | — |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #2,520 | — |
| 1955 | 42 | — | #1,594 | — |
| 1954 | 24 | — | #2,226 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,909 | — |
| 1952 | 32 | — | #1,775 | — |
| 1951 | 28 | — | #1,877 | — |
| 1950 | 28 | — | #1,827 | — |
| 1949 | 33 | — | #1,657 | — |
| 1948 | 37 | — | #1,546 | — |
| 1947 | 27 | — | #1,891 | — |
| 1946 | 40 | — | #1,391 | — |
| 1945 | 34 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1944 | 57 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1943 | 64 | — | #994 | — |
| 1942 | 83 | — | #842 | — |
| 1941 | 130 | — | #622 | — |
| 1940 | 174 | — | #521 | — |
| 1939 | 200 | — | #472 | — |
| 1938 | 254 | — | #422 | — |
| 1937 | 349 | — | #341 | #3,939 |
| 1936 | 166 | — | #506 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #4,145 | — |