Shelda is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Shelda is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1988. Shelda was first reported in SSA data in 1935 and peaked in 1941 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | — | #13,559 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,842 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #10,167 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #11,644 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #7,160 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,857 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,966 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,813 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,142 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #4,764 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #5,011 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,496 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,563 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #4,011 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,437 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,813 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #2,736 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #3,608 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | #3,744 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | #2,737 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #2,807 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #3,085 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #3,063 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #3,130 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,421 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #3,355 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,875 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,538 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #3,024 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | #2,463 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,636 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,150 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,318 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,879 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,866 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,893 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #3,344 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #3,216 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #4,070 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | #1,534 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,396 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #2,290 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,935 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,713 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #2,138 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,708 |