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Worldwide, シェルトン (Shelton , Chelton , シェルトン) is a common mostly male, but seldom female forename. The given name シェルトン is characteristic of Zimbabwe, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the United States, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom female name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. More prevalently, シェルトン is the last name as well as the forename.
シェルトン is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shelton Slujj , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, If a Tree Falls.