Sheldon is an established boys' name that peaked in 1992 and has since faded.
Sheldon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,788 for boy births in the United States (and #5,975 across all names), given to 46 babies. Sheldon first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1992 (608 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,788 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,339 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,164 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | — | #2,054 |
| 2020 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,891 |
| 2019 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,541 |
| 2018 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,399 |
| 2017 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,339 |
| 2016 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,364 |
| 2015 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,281 |
| 2014 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,145 |
| 2013 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,055 |
| 2012 | 216 | 216 | — | #945 |
| 2011 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,069 |
| 2010 | 200 | 200 | — | #987 |
| 2009 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,031 |
| 2008 | 211 | 211 | — | #952 |
| 2007 | 206 | 206 | — | #957 |
| 2006 | 242 | 242 | — | #842 |
| 2005 | 257 | 257 | — | #773 |
| 2004 | 239 | 239 | — | #762 |
| 2003 | 230 | 230 | — | #769 |
| 2002 | 273 | 273 | #12,032 | #688 |
| 2001 | 339 | 339 | #9,995 | #601 |
| 2000 | 309 | 309 | #11,630 | #623 |
| 1999 | 372 | 372 | #10,213 | #553 |
| 1998 | 416 | 416 | #6,668 | #520 |
| 1997 | 468 | — | #6,788 | #475 |
| 1996 | 478 | — | #5,495 | #476 |
| 1995 | 513 | — | #4,994 | #459 |
| 1994 | 544 | — | #4,358 | #438 |
| 1993 | 501 | — | #7,967 | #446 |
| 1992 | 624 | — | #5,961 | #380 |
| 1991 | 563 | — | #5,910 | #415 |
| 1990 | 516 | — | #6,095 | #441 |
| 1989 | 402 | — | #7,382 | #485 |
| 1988 | 400 | — | #6,225 | #462 |
| 1987 | 375 | — | #8,638 | #462 |
| 1986 | 370 | — | #4,515 | #464 |
| 1985 | 339 | — | #5,613 | #481 |
| 1984 | 310 | — | #11,882 | #479 |
| 1983 | 299 | — | #11,753 | #491 |
| 1982 | 280 | — | #10,292 | #513 |
| 1981 | 330 | — | #8,905 | #463 |
| 1980 | 321 | — | — | #469 |
| 1979 | 328 | — | #9,995 | #452 |
| 1978 | 325 | — | #6,843 | #449 |
| 1977 | 346 | — | #8,292 | #430 |
| 1976 | 397 | — | #9,044 | #392 |
| 1975 | 376 | — | #7,028 | #399 |
| 1974 | 369 | — | #6,767 | #411 |
| 1973 | 347 | — | #5,983 | #426 |
| 1972 | 331 | — | #7,143 | #441 |
| 1971 | 389 | — | #7,243 | #412 |
| 1970 | 425 | — | #5,743 | #392 |
| 1969 | 419 | — | #4,681 | #391 |
| 1968 | 407 | — | #7,991 | #388 |
| 1967 | 396 | — | #6,660 | #383 |
| 1966 | 401 | — | #4,801 | #386 |
| 1965 | 410 | — | #3,515 | #393 |
| 1964 | 418 | — | #6,654 | #394 |
| 1963 | 412 | — | #3,609 | #404 |
| 1962 | 443 | — | #5,765 | #384 |
| 1961 | 413 | — | #7,386 | #394 |
| 1960 | 390 | — | — | #402 |
| 1959 | 377 | — | — | #409 |
| 1958 | 412 | — | — | #385 |
| 1957 | 432 | — | #5,294 | #374 |
| 1956 | 414 | — | — | #363 |
| 1955 | 358 | — | #6,572 | #384 |
| 1954 | 418 | — | #4,230 | #355 |
| 1953 | 328 | — | #6,393 | #391 |
| 1952 | 367 | — | — | #354 |
| 1951 | 329 | — | #3,957 | #380 |
| 1950 | 410 | — | #5,212 | #335 |
| 1949 | 377 | — | — | #345 |
| 1948 | 406 | — | #5,922 | #336 |
| 1947 | 429 | — | — | #333 |
| 1946 | 395 | — | — | #323 |
| 1945 | 368 | — | — | #309 |
| 1944 | 380 | — | — | #311 |
| 1943 | 465 | — | #4,142 | #286 |
| 1942 | 432 | — | — | #292 |
| 1941 | 421 | — | #3,904 | #284 |
| 1940 | 384 | — | — | #286 |
| 1939 | 374 | — | — | #285 |
| 1938 | 438 | — | — | #263 |
| 1937 | 437 | — | — | #257 |
| 1936 | 461 | — | #3,342 | #247 |
| 1935 | 465 | — | — | #249 |
| 1934 | 462 | — | — | #250 |
| 1933 | 429 | — | — | #252 |
| 1932 | 423 | — | — | #267 |
| 1931 | 415 | — | #4,881 | #273 |
| 1930 | 405 | — | — | #282 |
| 1929 | 403 | — | — | #276 |
| 1928 | 421 | — | — | #277 |
| 1927 | 370 | — | — | #302 |
| 1926 | 351 | — | — | #303 |
| 1925 | 323 | — | — | #318 |
| 1924 | 311 | — | — | #329 |
| 1923 | 243 | — | — | #381 |
| 1922 | 233 | — | — | #393 |
| 1921 | 223 | — | — | #407 |
| 1920 | 200 | — | — | #424 |
| 1919 | 198 | — | — | #417 |
| 1918 | 170 | — | — | #456 |
| 1917 | 147 | — | — | #473 |
| 1916 | 135 | — | — | #490 |
| 1915 | 125 | — | — | #496 |
| 1914 | 90 | — | — | #519 |
| 1913 | 59 | — | — | #572 |
| 1912 | 73 | — | — | #464 |
| 1911 | 25 | — | — | #623 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | — | #816 |
| 1909 | 17 | — | — | #675 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | — | #682 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #695 |
| 1906 | 17 | — | — | #583 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,403 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | — | #717 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | — | #773 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | — | #788 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #676 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #727 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,182 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #928 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #886 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | — | #788 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #960 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #905 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #834 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | — | #772 |