Shelva is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Shelva is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1980. Shelva was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1937 (194 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,852 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,823 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #8,554 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,455 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #8,156 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,270 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,499 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,994 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,662 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,713 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,847 | — |
| 1962 | 13 | — | #3,746 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,448 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #4,131 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,971 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #3,357 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,978 | — |
| 1956 | 22 | — | #2,444 | — |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #2,951 | — |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #3,001 | — |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #3,083 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,356 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,089 | — |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,420 | — |
| 1949 | 19 | — | #2,328 | — |
| 1948 | 25 | — | #1,944 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | — | #1,786 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | — | #2,144 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #2,578 | — |
| 1944 | 21 | — | #1,909 | — |
| 1943 | 35 | — | #1,419 | — |
| 1942 | 50 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1941 | 51 | — | #1,098 | #3,938 |
| 1940 | 70 | — | #857 | — |
| 1939 | 99 | — | #686 | — |
| 1938 | 164 | — | #532 | — |
| 1937 | 194 | — | #471 | — |
| 1936 | 98 | — | #710 | #2,599 |