Shellby — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shellby

The Social Security Administration has registered 496 babies named Shellby between 1986 and 2016, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shellby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shellby performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shellby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shellby in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shellby 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 496 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.