Shelvie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelvie

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Shelvie between 1936 and 1962, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelvie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelvie performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shelvie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shelvie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelvie 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 294 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.