Sheldon
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Sheldon
Like Marvin and Melvin, Sheldon has been perceived as about as far out as you can get, though there are very pretty towns in Devon and Derbyshire that inspired it. Sheldon Lee Cooper is the lead (male) nerd character on the TV hit The Big Bang Theory, giving the name a brainy image. Nickname Shelly is sweet and naturey, in a retro kind of way.
Sheldon for boys#2788 US
Sheldon Lee Cooper is the lead nerd character on the TV hit The Big Bang Theory, giving the name a brainy image. Nickname Shel (as in Shel Silverstein, author of Where the Sidewalk Ends) could, in the modern world of nature name love, be seen as beach evoking.
Pronounced SHEL-dun.
As of October 2026, Sheldon ranked #12032 in US births in 2002 SSA, peaked at #3342 in 1936.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,145 | 166 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,281 | 140 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,364 | 131 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,339 | 134 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,398 | 126 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,541 | 110 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,890 | 79 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,053 | 72 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,163 | 68 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,359 | 59 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,961 | 80 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,788 | 46 |
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- Sheldon "Shel" SilversteinBoy
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U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- Sheldon Martinez Davis aka Natalac or NatBoy
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- Sheldon Lee GlashowBoy
American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Sheldon Alan RichardsonBoy
American NFL player
- Sheldon Gary AdelsonBoy
American billionaire developer
- Sheldon "Shelly" MoldoffBoy
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- Sheldon "Shelly" SilverBoy
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Sheldon in pop culture
- [Ms.] SheldonGirl
character in novelette "Beguiling" by author Liam Holt
- Sheldon Lee CooperBoy
character on TV's "The Big Bang Theory" and on the prequel series "Young Sheldon"
- Sheldon HawkesBoy
character on TV's "CSI: NY"
- Sheldon MopesBoy
character in movie "Death to Smoochy"
- Sheldon J. PlanktonBoy
character on TV's "SpongeBob SquarePants"
- SheldonBoy
unhatched chick in comic and TV series "U.S. Acres;" twin of brother Booker,