Shelly — #4565 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelly

The Social Security Administration has registered 84,398 babies named Shelly between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelly currently holds the #4565 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 4,081 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelly performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 35,661 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Shelly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,097 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelly in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelly 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 84,398 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.