Shelli

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448

Peak · girls
1968 · 396 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,983
since 1945

Shelli over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelli has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #484, 1968girls
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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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2010#13,4487
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2007#17,6365
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2004#14,1796
2003#9,67110
2002#12,1877
2001#9,35110
2000#13,1546
1999#7,71612
1998#7,10413
1997#12,0706
1996#6,06415
1995#7,51411
1994#5,24918
1993#3,42232
1992#3,41932
1991#2,84341
1990#3,07836
1989#3,10434
1988#2,33047
1987#2,27647
1986#1,80263
1985#1,50581
1984#1,68465
1983#1,26099
1982#1,221109
1981#1,34093
1980#1,077131
1979#1,104123
1978#1,014134
1977#921152
1976#956133
1975#766185
1974#693212
1973#651230
1972#561295
1971#512364
1970#566321
1969#515361
1968#484396
1967#498368
1966#517333
1965#539310
1964#498386
1963#512361
1962#593281
1961#685230
1960#733191
1959#944123
1958#1,045100
1957#1,25470
1956#1,52049
1955#1,53744
1954#1,46547
1953#1,58638
1952#1,86129
1951#1,88527
1950#2,43617
1949#3,6129
1948#4,2057
1947#3,44810
1946#4,9605
1945#4,0256
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Shelli! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2005–2009, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelli is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNHWashington: #261 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,463 girlsWAIdaho: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,266 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMNIllinois: #955 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,771 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedWIMichigan: #750 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,411 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedSDIowa: #323 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,832 girlsIAIndiana: #546 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,130 girlsINOhio: #685 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,424 girlsOHPennsylvania: #930 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,210 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #445 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 3,574 girlsCAUtah: #345 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,120 girlsUTColorado: #375 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,485 girlsCONebraska: #274 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,848 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedDEArizona: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNMKansas: #441 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,065 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #330 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,316 girlsOKLouisiana: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,609 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedHITexas: #643 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,209 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#257 · 1 in 1,266
  2. Washington#261 · 1 in 1,463
  3. Nebraska#274 · 1 in 1,848
  4. Iowa#323 · 1 in 2,832
  5. Oklahoma#330 · 1 in 2,316

Best ever in a state: #131 in Oklahoma, 1969.

Show every state
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Idaho#25751 in 1,266
Washington#261191 in 1,463
Nebraska#27481 in 1,848
Iowa#323101 in 2,832
Oklahoma#33091 in 2,316
Utah#34551 in 2,120
Colorado#37581 in 2,485
Arizona#41461 in 2,559
Kansas#44151 in 4,065
California#445491 in 3,574
Indiana#54671 in 7,130
Texas#643181 in 6,209
Ohio#685101 in 10,424
Louisiana#69451 in 7,609
Michigan#75071 in 12,411
Pennsylvania#93051 in 22,210
Illinois#95561 in 17,771
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shelli
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1960 (#944 → #733)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1976 (#766 → #956)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1968 at #484 (396 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1959–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,142
  • Highest: 1 in 4,142 girls born in 1968 were named Shelli (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 46.1% of all girls named Shelli (3,217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s37#3,448 (1947)#4,050
1950s544#944 (1959)#1,553
1960s3,217#484 (1968)#557
1970s2,149#512 (1971)#774
1980s769#1,077 (1980)#1,760
1990s216#2,843 (1991)#5,848
2000s44#9,351 (2001)#12,696
2010s7#13,448 (2010)#13,448

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.

Shelli in 1961

girls
#685
230 births · 1 in 8,776 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #685Shelli230
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 8,776 of them was named Shelli, which outranked 90.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelli
  1. #682Kitty231
  2. #682Lisha231
  3. #682Roxane231
  4. #685Shelli230
  5. #685Ilene230
  6. #685Inez230
  7. #688Bernadine229
  8. #688Gaye229
  9. #688Migdalia229

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961 →