Shellye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shellye

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Shellye between 1950 and 1983, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shellye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shellye performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shellye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shellye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shellye 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 174 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.