Shelly

The name Shelly is the #749 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 86,557 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 90.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #417 (92.7% percentile) for all time with 84,367 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #2,691 (41.3% percentile) for all time with 2,190 births since 1882.

Shelly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Shelly is available in 130 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (102 years for boys and 101 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Shelly has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1940, the name was more popular for boys (74.9% boys from 1882 to 1939), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.3% girls from 1940 to 2023).

For girls, Shelly reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 88.1% percentile (ranked #89) with 2,196 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 2,196 births per million (ranked 88.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1969, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shelly ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 0.5% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Shelly reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 8.3% percentile (ranked #550) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 74 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.