Shelbi — #15593 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelbi

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,483 babies named Shelbi between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelbi currently holds the #15593 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 515 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelbi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shelbi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelbi in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelbi 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 5,483 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.