Name meaning & stats
Sheldon
Sheldon. 28,545 US babies since 1940, peak 1992.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1992
28,545 US babies were named Sheldon between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sheldon (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Sheldon is the main spelling
- Sheldon 99%
- Shelden 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1992)