Sheldon

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Sheldon is an English surname, as well as a masculine given name, combining the Old English scelf and the place name haddon, which in turn comes from the words hǣth and dūn. Popular family history groups and notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Sheldon first appears in the data in 1881 and has been recorded in 137 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 608 babies (rank #380 that year). In 2024 it was given to 80 boys (rank #1,961). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sheldon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sheldon yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

37,122

Total babies (all years)

137

Years in the data

608

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Sheldon

Sheldon Glashowtheoretical physicist · b. 1932
Sheldon Adelsonentrepreneur · b. 1933
Sheldon Coopertheoretical physicist · b. 1980
Sheldon Whitehousepublic prosecutor general · b. 1955
Sheldon Rileypop singer · b. 1999

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1881	7	#772
1884	7	#834
1885	5	#1,080
1886	5	#1,085
1887	6	#905
1889	6	#960
1892	9	#788
1894	6	#1,063
1896	8	#886
1897	7	#928
1898	6	#1,102
1899	5	#1,182
1900	13	#727
1901	11	#676
1902	10	#788
1903	10	#773
1904	12	#717
1905	5	#1,403
1906	17	#583
1907	15	#695
1908	16	#682
1909	17	#675
1910	15	#816
1911	25	#623
1912	73	#464
1913	59	#572
1914	90	#519
1915	125	#496
1916	135	#490
1917	147	#473
1918	170	#456
1919	198	#417
1920	200	#424
1921	223	#407
1922	233	#393
1923	243	#381
1924	311	#329
1925	323	#318
1926	351	#303
1927	370	#302
1928	421	#277
1929	403	#276
1930	405	#282
1931	410	#273
1932	423	#266
1933	429	#252
1934	462	#250
1935	465	#249
1936	453	#247
1937	437	#257
1938	438	#263
1939	374	#285
1940	384	#286
1941	414	#284
1942	432	#292
1943	458	#286
1944	380	#311
1945	368	#309
1946	395	#323
1947	429	#333
1948	401	#336
1949	377	#345
1950	404	#335
1951	320	#380
1952	367	#354
1953	323	#391
1954	409	#355
1955	353	#384
1956	414	#363
1957	425	#374
1958	412	#385
1959	377	#409
1960	390	#402
1961	408	#394
1962	436	#384
1963	399	#404
1964	411	#394
1965	396	#393
1966	392	#386
1967	390	#383
1968	402	#388
1969	408	#392
1970	415	#393
1971	383	#411
1972	324	#441
1973	338	#426
1974	361	#411
1975	368	#399
1976	391	#392
1977	339	#430
1978	316	#450
1979	322	#452
1980	321	#469
1981	323	#463
1982	274	#513
1983	294	#491
1984	305	#479
1985	326	#482
1986	352	#464
1987	367	#462
1988	387	#462
1989	391	#485
1990	501	#441
1991	547	#415
1992	608	#380
1993	490	#446
1994	520	#438
1995	493	#459
1996	460	#476
1997	454	#475
1998	401	#520
1999	363	#553
2000	301	#623
2001	329	#601
2002	265	#688
2003	230	#768
2004	239	#762
2005	257	#773
2006	241	#842
2007	206	#956
2008	211	#952
2009	189	#1,031
2010	200	#987
2011	176	#1,069
2012	216	#945
2013	179	#1,057
2014	166	#1,145
2015	140	#1,281
2016	131	#1,364
2017	134	#1,339
2018	126	#1,398
2019	110	#1,541
2020	79	#1,890
2021	72	#2,053
2022	68	#2,163
2023	59	#2,359
2024	80	#1,961