Shelly
#415 most common girls' name of all time · #760 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#415
Rank overall
#760 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
86,610
Since 2016
282
Peak year
1964 #101
Best rank
#89 1966
Girls
Boys
peak 4,127/yr
Shelly first appears in 1882. 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 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,735 |
| 2024 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,571 |
| 2023 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,972 |
| 2022 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,802 |
| 2021 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,514 |
| 2020 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,012 |
| 2019 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,655 |
| 2018 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,672 |
| 2017 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,230 |
| 2016 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,088 |
| 2015 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,481 |
| 2014 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2013 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,125 |
| 2012 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2011 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,851 |
| 2010 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,981 |
| 2009 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,401 |
| 2008 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,665 |
| 2007 | 73 | 5 | 78 | #2,542 |
| 2006 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,166 |
| 2005 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,791 |
| 2004 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,883 |
| 2003 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,677 |
| 2002 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,536 |
| 2001 | 125 | 5 | 130 | #1,500 |
| 2000 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,303 |
| 1999 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,207 |
| 1998 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,130 |
| 1997 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,130 |
| 1996 | 217 | 7 | 224 | #906 |
| 1995 | 240 | — | 240 | #819 |
| 1994 | 281 | 6 | 287 | #739 |
| 1993 | 307 | 7 | 314 | #698 |
| 1992 | 348 | — | 348 | #647 |
| 1991 | 434 | 6 | 440 | #538 |
| 1990 | 413 | 8 | 421 | #564 |
| 1989 | 466 | 13 | 479 | #505 |
| 1988 | 537 | 7 | 544 | #429 |
| 1987 | 629 | — | 629 | #371 |
| 1986 | 744 | 7 | 751 | #325 |
| 1985 | 885 | 6 | 891 | #282 |
| 1984 | 949 | 9 | 958 | #258 |
| 1983 | 1,073 | 8 | 1,081 | #230 |
| 1982 | 1,137 | 13 | 1,150 | #226 |
| 1981 | 1,228 | 9 | 1,237 | #212 |
| 1980 | 1,451 | 12 | 1,463 | #186 |
| 1979 | 1,456 | 21 | 1,477 | #182 |
| 1978 | 1,501 | 27 | 1,528 | #175 |
| 1977 | 1,848 | 16 | 1,864 | #151 |
| 1976 | 1,861 | 25 | 1,886 | #145 |
| 1975 | 2,484 | 27 | 2,511 | #113 |
| 1974 | 2,797 | 30 | 2,827 | #107 |
| 1973 | 2,910 | 37 | 2,947 | #104 |
| 1972 | 3,288 | 38 | 3,326 | #94 |
| 1971 | 3,637 | 31 | 3,668 | #103 |
| 1970 | 3,751 | 38 | 3,789 | #103 |
| 1969 | 3,676 | 36 | 3,712 | #102 |
| 1968 | 3,595 | 42 | 3,637 | #98 |
| 1967 | 3,648 | 27 | 3,675 | #94 |
| 1966 | 3,856 | 30 | 3,886 | #89 |
| 1965 | 3,850 | 44 | 3,894 | #98 |
| 1964 | 4,080 | 47 | 4,127 | #101 |
| 1963 | 3,790 | 31 | 3,821 | #117 |
| 1962 | 3,480 | 30 | 3,510 | #130 |
| 1961 | 2,994 | 39 | 3,033 | #145 |
| 1960 | 2,692 | 39 | 2,731 | #157 |
| 1959 | 1,883 | 26 | 1,909 | #188 |
| 1958 | 1,379 | 34 | 1,413 | #221 |
| 1957 | 1,210 | 37 | 1,247 | #244 |
| 1956 | 929 | 33 | 962 | #291 |
| 1955 | 786 | 20 | 806 | #306 |
| 1954 | 759 | 41 | 800 | #306 |
| 1953 | 571 | 32 | 603 | #357 |
| 1952 | 538 | 41 | 579 | #355 |
| 1951 | 407 | 39 | 446 | #415 |
| 1950 | 333 | 55 | 388 | #440 |
| 1949 | 181 | 36 | 217 | #615 |
| 1948 | 102 | 36 | 138 | #865 |
| 1947 | 74 | 33 | 107 | #1,033 |
| 1946 | 71 | 22 | 93 | #1,000 |
| 1945 | 74 | 36 | 110 | #876 |
| 1944 | 52 | 30 | 82 | #1,083 |
| 1943 | 66 | 34 | 100 | #978 |
| 1942 | 57 | 31 | 88 | #1,039 |
| 1941 | 35 | 28 | 63 | #1,300 |
| 1940 | 36 | 29 | 65 | #1,230 |
| 1939 | 39 | 25 | 64 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 31 | 26 | 57 | #1,321 |
| 1937 | 31 | 30 | 61 | #1,311 |
| 1936 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #1,758 |
| 1935 | 18 | 27 | 45 | #1,864 |
| 1934 | 17 | 25 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1933 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #3,801 |
| 1932 | 17 | 23 | 40 | #1,977 |
| 1931 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #2,790 |
| 1930 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,087 |
| 1929 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | 37 | 44 | #3,784 |
| 1927 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #2,728 |
| 1926 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #4,904 |
| 1925 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1924 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #3,429 |
| 1923 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,673 |
| 1922 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,489 |
| 1921 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1920 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1917 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #4,459 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1914 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1913 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1909 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | — |