Shelbe

Peak · girls
1991 · 35 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
336
since 1973

Shelbe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelbe has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,159, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#17,6365
2006#15,1526
2005#10,12810
2004#12,7617
2003#13,8446
2002#8,83711
2001#6,06718
2000#9,8749
1999#5,89617
1998#4,95521
1997#4,66022
1996#4,05926
1995#4,21724
1994#4,68721
1993#4,39323
1992#3,58130
1991#3,15935
1990#7,30311
1989#10,8476
1988#11,7985
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Shelbe! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelbe is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shelbe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shelbe
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1991 at #3,159 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 53,572
  • Highest: 1 in 53,572 girls born in 1991 were named Shelbe (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 68.5% of all girls named Shelbe (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s10#8,423 (1973)#8,854
1980s24#8,153 (1984)#10,026
1990s230#3,159 (1991)#4,691
2000s72#6,067 (2001)#11,787

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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