Shelley
#467 most common girls' name of all time · #858 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1892–2025
Rank among girls
#467
Rank overall
#858 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
74,339
Since 2016
119
Peak year
1964 #143
Best rank
#126 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 2,845/yr
Shelley first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,909 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,985 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,359 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,290 |
| 2021 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,018 |
| 2020 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,239 |
| 2019 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,624 |
| 2018 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,651 |
| 2017 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,810 |
| 2016 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,922 |
| 2015 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,466 |
| 2014 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,010 |
| 2013 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,395 |
| 2012 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,167 |
| 2011 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,222 |
| 2010 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,984 |
| 2009 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,813 |
| 2008 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,279 |
| 2007 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,305 |
| 2006 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,803 |
| 2005 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,822 |
| 2004 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,495 |
| 2003 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,419 |
| 2002 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,468 |
| 2001 | 60 | 5 | 65 | #2,544 |
| 2000 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,260 |
| 1999 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,861 |
| 1998 | 94 | 10 | 104 | #1,693 |
| 1997 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,469 |
| 1995 | 155 | 10 | 165 | #1,133 |
| 1994 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,107 |
| 1993 | 223 | — | 223 | #871 |
| 1992 | 266 | — | 266 | #774 |
| 1991 | 257 | 5 | 262 | #797 |
| 1990 | 298 | 6 | 304 | #705 |
| 1989 | 380 | 6 | 386 | #577 |
| 1988 | 426 | 6 | 432 | #519 |
| 1987 | 502 | 5 | 507 | #442 |
| 1986 | 563 | 8 | 571 | #400 |
| 1985 | 569 | 9 | 578 | #395 |
| 1984 | 706 | 7 | 713 | #330 |
| 1983 | 777 | 6 | 783 | #300 |
| 1982 | 848 | 11 | 859 | #288 |
| 1981 | 912 | 10 | 922 | #273 |
| 1980 | 1,131 | 16 | 1,147 | #226 |
| 1979 | 1,065 | 16 | 1,081 | #243 |
| 1978 | 1,028 | 18 | 1,046 | #239 |
| 1977 | 1,104 | 15 | 1,119 | #226 |
| 1976 | 1,275 | 20 | 1,295 | #194 |
| 1975 | 1,547 | 24 | 1,571 | #171 |
| 1974 | 1,997 | 20 | 2,017 | #142 |
| 1973 | 2,258 | 35 | 2,293 | #128 |
| 1972 | 2,384 | 31 | 2,415 | #126 |
| 1971 | 2,274 | 29 | 2,303 | #140 |
| 1970 | 2,351 | 28 | 2,379 | #144 |
| 1969 | 2,479 | 29 | 2,508 | #135 |
| 1968 | 2,483 | 20 | 2,503 | #129 |
| 1967 | 2,510 | 19 | 2,529 | #141 |
| 1966 | 2,545 | 25 | 2,570 | #140 |
| 1965 | 2,528 | 19 | 2,547 | #148 |
| 1964 | 2,821 | 24 | 2,845 | #143 |
| 1963 | 2,734 | 16 | 2,750 | #148 |
| 1962 | 2,476 | 25 | 2,501 | #162 |
| 1961 | 2,141 | 41 | 2,182 | #180 |
| 1960 | 2,139 | 15 | 2,154 | #182 |
| 1959 | 1,848 | 19 | 1,867 | #191 |
| 1958 | 1,722 | 28 | 1,750 | #197 |
| 1957 | 1,722 | 27 | 1,749 | #200 |
| 1956 | 1,681 | 25 | 1,706 | #196 |
| 1955 | 1,738 | 26 | 1,764 | #192 |
| 1954 | 2,177 | 29 | 2,206 | #161 |
| 1953 | 1,937 | 41 | 1,978 | #168 |
| 1952 | 1,886 | 35 | 1,921 | #163 |
| 1951 | 1,845 | 46 | 1,891 | #166 |
| 1950 | 1,670 | 32 | 1,702 | #170 |
| 1949 | 1,017 | 29 | 1,046 | #233 |
| 1948 | 413 | 18 | 431 | #391 |
| 1947 | 219 | 30 | 249 | #577 |
| 1946 | 196 | 26 | 222 | #571 |
| 1945 | 171 | 28 | 199 | #562 |
| 1944 | 132 | 24 | 156 | #641 |
| 1943 | 111 | 22 | 133 | #735 |
| 1942 | 98 | 21 | 119 | #764 |
| 1941 | 53 | 19 | 72 | #1,009 |
| 1940 | 63 | 19 | 82 | #908 |
| 1939 | 59 | 14 | 73 | #923 |
| 1938 | 36 | 17 | 53 | #1,225 |
| 1937 | 47 | 23 | 70 | #1,040 |
| 1936 | 44 | 22 | 66 | #1,056 |
| 1935 | 43 | 15 | 58 | #1,064 |
| 1934 | 33 | 22 | 55 | #1,246 |
| 1933 | 28 | 11 | 39 | #1,385 |
| 1932 | 25 | 18 | 43 | #1,543 |
| 1931 | 33 | 11 | 44 | #1,273 |
| 1930 | 15 | 19 | 34 | #2,241 |
| 1929 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #2,485 |
| 1928 | 14 | 25 | 39 | #2,423 |
| 1927 | 13 | 24 | 37 | #2,604 |
| 1926 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #3,103 |
| 1925 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #4,501 |
| 1924 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #4,523 |
| 1923 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #4,048 |
| 1922 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #3,737 |
| 1921 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #4,094 |
| 1920 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #2,961 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| 1918 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,584 |
| 1917 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,159 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1915 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 1914 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,723 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,088 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,341 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1900 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,859 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,445 |