Shelvey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelvey

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Shelvey between 1936 and 1947, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelvey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelvey performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shelvey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shelvey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelvey 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 46 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.