Shelvy*
#12,641 most common girls' name of all time · #20,923 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1925–1993 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#12,641
Rank overall
#20,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
397
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #1,083
Best rank
#1,083 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Shelvy first appears in 1925. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,086 |
| 1962 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,964 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,136 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,751 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,625 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,697 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,939 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,270 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,159 |
| 1950 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,844 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,785 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,610 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,900 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,927 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,599 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,829 |
| 1942 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #2,296 |
| 1941 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #2,084 |
| 1940 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #1,401 |
| 1939 | 33 | 5 | 38 | #1,307 |
| 1938 | 37 | 6 | 43 | #1,218 |
| 1937 | 44 | 6 | 50 | #1,083 |
| 1936 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | — |