Shelma is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Shelma is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1966. Shelma first appears in 1937 and peaked in 1938 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,712 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #7,413 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,751 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,501 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,923 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #6,002 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #5,152 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #4,143 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,364 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #3,114 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,902 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #3,397 |