Shelby*
#245 most common girls' name of all time · #456 across all names · 10% boys / 90% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |