Shelby
#649 for girls in 2025, 444 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to girls 90.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 10,220 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 148,830since 1913
Shelby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #649 | 444 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #657 | 446 | #2,595 | 51 |
| 2023 | #656 | 448 | #2,660 | 49 |
| 2022 | #595 | 503 | #3,003 | 41 |
| 2021 | #549 | 556 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #501 | 606 | #2,586 | 49 |
| 2019 | #495 | 634 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #424 | 738 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #373 | 836 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #337 | 986 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #299 | 1,080 | #3,431 | 32 |
| 2014 | #294 | 1,114 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #259 | 1,239 | #2,562 | 47 |
| 2012 | #220 | 1,447 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2011 | #217 | 1,462 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #184 | 1,680 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2009 | #167 | 1,935 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #158 | 2,148 | #1,899 | 76 |
| 2007 | #149 | 2,351 | #1,928 | 73 |
| 2006 | #133 | 2,620 | #1,893 | 71 |
| 2005 | #117 | 2,839 | #1,869 | 68 |
| 2004 | #112 | 2,988 | #1,530 | 87 |
| 2003 | #94 | 3,537 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | #75 | 3,961 | #1,258 | 108 |
| 2001 | #68 | 4,370 | #1,298 | 101 |
| 2000 | #70 | 4,561 | #1,087 | 129 |
| 1999 | #62 | 5,018 | #884 | 171 |
| 1998 | #49 | 5,893 | #878 | 165 |
| 1997 | #43 | 6,701 | #751 | 199 |
| 1996 | #35 | 7,950 | #589 | 305 |
| 1995 | #38 | 7,632 | #555 | 335 |
| 1994 | #40 | 7,546 | #536 | 362 |
| 1993 | #37 | 8,122 | #512 | 403 |
| 1992 | #34 | 9,396 | #473 | 453 |
| 1991 | #33 | 10,220 | #427 | 524 |
| 1990 | #100 | 3,517 | #525 | 354 |
| 1989 | #229 | 1,203 | #692 | 205 |
| 1988 | #284 | 881 | #691 | 184 |
| 1987 | #273 | 899 | #685 | 176 |
| 1986 | #276 | 900 | #691 | 172 |
| 1985 | #281 | 885 | #661 | 177 |
| 1984 | #242 | 1,042 | #715 | 148 |
| 1983 | #351 | 642 | #682 | 157 |
| 1982 | #479 | 435 | #788 | 125 |
| 1981 | #424 | 512 | #750 | 135 |
| 1980 | #443 | 482 | #758 | 134 |
| 1979 | #469 | 428 | #722 | 144 |
| 1978 | #418 | 483 | #647 | 168 |
| 1977 | #382 | 553 | #614 | 187 |
| 1976 | #365 | 575 | #617 | 176 |
| 1975 | #308 | 746 | #576 | 195 |
| 1974 | #300 | 798 | #587 | 184 |
| 1973 | #328 | 678 | #605 | 171 |
| 1972 | #318 | 754 | #605 | 173 |
| 1971 | #393 | 555 | #607 | 188 |
| 1970 | #499 | 400 | #647 | 159 |
| 1969 | #547 | 326 | #592 | 173 |
| 1968 | #537 | 319 | #634 | 143 |
| 1967 | #549 | 293 | #655 | 129 |
| 1966 | #540 | 304 | #599 | 156 |
| 1965 | #576 | 274 | #696 | 114 |
| 1964 | #556 | 317 | #713 | 117 |
| 1963 | #505 | 371 | #671 | 136 |
| 1962 | #502 | 370 | #709 | 117 |
| 1961 | #494 | 386 | #676 | 131 |
| 1960 | #559 | 307 | #619 | 159 |
| 1959 | #516 | 357 | #667 | 131 |
| 1958 | #489 | 382 | #670 | 128 |
| 1957 | #493 | 367 | #675 | 128 |
| 1956 | #506 | 345 | #659 | 132 |
| 1955 | #490 | 344 | #599 | 151 |
| 1954 | #504 | 310 | #599 | 153 |
| 1953 | #531 | 262 | #644 | 122 |
| 1952 | #574 | 228 | #617 | 132 |
| 1951 | #557 | 232 | #532 | 162 |
| 1950 | #517 | 248 | #565 | 143 |
| 1949 | #532 | 241 | #553 | 147 |
| 1948 | #500 | 266 | #523 | 160 |
| 1947 | #425 | 369 | #558 | 146 |
| 1946 | #383 | 397 | #492 | 171 |
| 1945 | #387 | 333 | #488 | 153 |
| 1944 | #364 | 367 | #476 | 161 |
| 1943 | #314 | 491 | #448 | 200 |
| 1942 | #279 | 599 | #484 | 160 |
| 1941 | #213 | 826 | #455 | 168 |
| 1940 | #187 | 1,006 | #436 | 176 |
| 1939 | #170 | 1,164 | #393 | 207 |
| 1938 | #142 | 1,714 | #385 | 214 |
| 1937 | #119 | 1,997 | #385 | 203 |
| 1936 | #178 | 1,071 | #458 | 151 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 | #525 | 121 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #496 | 133 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #530 | 115 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #576 | 106 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #562 | 109 |
| 1930 | — | #569 | 111 | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #564 | 110 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #621 | 97 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #553 | 124 |
| 1926 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #543 | 128 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #608 | 110 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #550 | 126 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #559 | 128 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #534 | 136 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #499 | 146 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #501 | 141 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #572 | 113 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #532 | 119 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #574 | 100 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #605 | 90 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #536 | 84 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | — | #584 | 48 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #524 | 29 | |
| 1909 | — | #505 | 26 | |
| 1908 | — | #429 | 31 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #445 | 19 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Shelby! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shelby is popular in 1932
No state had 5 or more girls named Shelby in 1932, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shelby
- 8 spots since 2024 (#657 → #649)
- 148 spots since 2020 (#501 → #649)
- 350 spots since 2015 (#299 → #649)
- Biggest jump: 1,073 spots in 1935 (#1,913 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 75 spots in 1948 (#425 → #500)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1991 at #33 (10,220 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1990–2003
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1935–2025
- Highest: 1 in 183 girls born in 1991 were named Shelby (0.55%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,620 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Shelby (71,995) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1935, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 46 | #2,833 (1916) | #3,661 |
| 1920s | 95 | #1,961 (1928) | #3,121 |
| 1930s | 6,077 | #119 (1937) | #1,073 |
| 1940s | 4,895 | #187 (1940) | #358 |
| 1950s | 3,075 | #489 (1958) | #518 |
| 1960s | 3,267 | #494 (1961) | #537 |
| 1970s | 5,970 | #300 (1974) | #378 |
| 1980s | 7,881 | #229 (1989) | #328 |
| 1990s | 71,995 | #33 (1991) | #47 |
| 2000s | 31,310 | #68 (2001) | #114 |
| 2010s | 11,216 | #184 (2010) | #310 |
| 2020s | 3,003 | #501 (2020) | #601 |
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.
Shelby in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 59,286 of them was named Shelby, which outranked 63.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,817Verlee19
- #1,817Waunita19
- #1,817Willodene19
- #1,877Shelby18
- #1,877Alejandra18
- #1,877Alvira18
- #1,877Amaryllis18
- #1,957Alla17
- #1,957Aloha17
- #1,957Alvin17
Tied with 79 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 9,851 of them was named Shelby, which outranked 86.6% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).