Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shelby*

#245 most common girls' name of all time · #456 across all names · 10% male / 90% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#245
Rank overall
#456 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
165,279
Since 2016
6,594
Peak year
1991 #33
Best rank
#33 1991
Girls Boys peak 10,744/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Shelby is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 444 41 485 #649
2024 446 51 497 #658
2023 448 49 497 #656
2022 503 41 544 #595
2021 556 35 591 #549
2020 606 49 655 #502
2019 634 29 663 #495
2018 738 29 767 #424
2017 836 34 870 #373
2016 986 39 1,025 #337
2015 1,080 32 1,112 #300
2014 1,114 35 1,149 #294
2013 1,239 47 1,286 #260
2012 1,447 46 1,493 #220
2011 1,462 44 1,506 #217
2010 1,680 46 1,726 #184
2009 1,935 45 1,980 #168
2008 2,148 76 2,224 #158
2007 2,351 73 2,424 #149
2006 2,620 71 2,691 #133
2005 2,839 68 2,907 #117
2004 2,988 87 3,075 #112
2003 3,537 77 3,614 #94
2002 3,961 108 4,069 #75
2001 4,370 101 4,471 #68
2000 4,561 129 4,690 #70
1999 5,018 171 5,189 #62
1998 5,893 165 6,058 #49
1997 6,701 199 6,900 #43
1996 7,950 305 8,255 #35
1995 7,632 335 7,967 #38
1994 7,546 362 7,908 #40
1993 8,122 403 8,525 #37
1992 9,396 453 9,849 #34
1991 10,220 524 10,744 #33
1990 3,517 354 3,871 #100
1989 1,203 205 1,408 #229
1988 881 184 1,065 #284
1987 899 176 1,075 #273
1986 900 172 1,072 #276
1985 885 177 1,062 #281
1984 1,042 148 1,190 #242
1983 642 157 799 #351
1982 435 125 560 #479
1981 512 135 647 #424
1980 482 134 616 #443
1979 428 144 572 #469
1978 483 168 651 #418
1977 553 187 740 #382
1976 575 176 751 #365
1975 746 195 941 #308
1974 798 184 982 #300
1973 678 171 849 #328
1972 754 173 927 #318
1971 555 188 743 #394
1970 400 159 559 #499
1969 326 173 499 #547
1968 319 143 462 #537
1967 293 129 422 #551
1966 304 156 460 #540
1965 274 114 388 #578
1964 317 117 434 #556
1963 371 136 507 #505
1962 370 117 487 #502
1961 386 131 517 #494
1960 307 159 466 #559
1959 357 131 488 #516
1958 382 128 510 #490
1957 367 128 495 #493
1956 345 132 477 #506
1955 344 151 495 #491
1954 310 153 463 #504
1953 262 122 384 #531
1952 228 132 360 #576
1951 232 162 394 #557
1950 248 143 391 #518
1949 241 147 388 #533
1948 266 160 426 #500
1947 369 146 515 #425
1946 397 171 568 #383
1945 333 153 486 #388
1944 367 161 528 #365
1943 491 200 691 #314
1942 599 160 759 #279
1941 826 168 994 #213
1940 1,006 176 1,182 #187
1939 1,164 207 1,371 #170
1938 1,714 214 1,928 #142
1937 1,997 203 2,200 #119
1936 1,071 151 1,222 #178
1935 67 121 188 #842
1934 17 133 150 #1,932
1933 18 115 133 #1,846
1932 18 106 124 #1,890
1931 11 109 120 #2,601
1930 111 111
1929 10 110 120 #2,956
1928 19 97 116 #1,970
1927 11 124 135 #2,877
1926 120 120
1925 9 128 137 #3,388
1924 7 110 117 #4,026
1923 7 126 133 #3,993
1922 10 128 138 #3,172
1921 12 136 148 #2,790
1920 10 146 156 #3,119
1919 7 141 148 #3,847
1918 5 113 118 #4,850
1917 9 119 128 #3,116
1916 10 100 110 #2,844
1915 5 90 95 #4,306
1914 5 84 89 #3,649
1913 5 38 43 #3,227
1912 48 48
1911 30 30
1910 29 29
1909 26 26
1908 31 31
1907 14 14
1906 29 29
1905 18 18
1904 12 12
1903 18 18
1902 11 11
1901 14 14
1900 20 20
1899 17 17
1898 22 22
1897 14 14
1896 14 14
1895 16 16
1894 14 14
1893 11 11
1892 19 19
1891 6 6
1890 11 11
1889 11 11
1888 15 15
1887 14 14
1886 9 9
1885 10 10
1884 16 16
1883 8 8
1882 13 13
1881 11 11
1880 8 8