Schelby — girls' name
32 babies named Schelby in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
81% of everyone ever named Schelby was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Schelby in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Schelby
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Schelby between 1991 and 2003, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Schelby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Schelby performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Schelby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Schelby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Schelby at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Schelby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1991
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
32 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 9 births in a single year.
Schelby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 26 births that decade — 81% of Schelby's all-time total
Schelby decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Schelby's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.