Shelli — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelli

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,983 babies named Shelli between 1945 and 2010, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelli currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 396 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelli performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Shelli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 881 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelli in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelli 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 6,983 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.