US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE SHELLY

Same rise and fall as Shelly, around the same years.

WHERE SHELLY IS POPULAR · 2024

Fewer than 5 babies were named Shelly in any single state in 2024, so no state lists it.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Shelly name popularity

Shelly has been given to 86,610 babies in the United States since 1882.

It peaked in 1964, when 4,127 babies got the name, and its best rank was #178 in 1966.

In 2025, 21 babies were named Shelly (#9,947 in the country), 99.4% below the peak. That is down 53% from 2015.

About 97% of babies named Shelly were girls and 3% were boys.

An estimated 77K people named Shelly are alive in the US today, with a median age of 57.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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