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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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 1963

  • 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: #282 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,600 girlsWAIdaho: #164 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 615 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #265 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,974 girlsMNIllinois: #610 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,625 girlsILWisconsin: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsWIMichigan: #350 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,965 girlsMINew York: #847 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,605 girlsNYMassachusetts: #568 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,347 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedRIOregon: #269 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #181 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 815 girlsSDIowa: #277 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,949 girlsIAIndiana: #390 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,622 girlsINOhio: #451 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,043 girlsOHPennsylvania: #771 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,540 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #401 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 2,808 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedUTColorado: #381 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,694 girlsCONebraska: #259 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsNEMissouri: #329 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,738 girlsMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNMKansas: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,861 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: #244 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,342 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedLAMississippi: 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: #507 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,970 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#164 · 1 in 615
  2. South Dakota#181 · 1 in 815
  3. Oklahoma#244 · 1 in 1,342
  4. Nebraska#259 · 1 in 1,538
  5. Minnesota#265 · 1 in 1,974

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#16491 in 615
South Dakota#18181 in 815
Oklahoma#244151 in 1,342
Nebraska#25991 in 1,538
Minnesota#265181 in 1,974
Oregon#269101 in 1,437
Iowa#277131 in 1,949
Washington#282161 in 1,600
Kansas#286101 in 1,861
Missouri#329151 in 2,738
Michigan#350271 in 2,965
Colorado#38171 in 2,694
Indiana#390131 in 3,622
California#401621 in 2,808
Wisconsin#41381 in 5,099
Ohio#451191 in 5,043
Texas#507271 in 3,970
Massachusetts#56851 in 10,347
Illinois#610131 in 7,625
Pennsylvania#77171 in 14,540
New York#847121 in 13,605
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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 1963

girls
#512
361 births · 1 in 5,339 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #512Shelli361
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 5,339 of them was named Shelli, which outranked 93.3% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelli
  1. #509Helene368
  2. #510Dale367
  3. #511Marcie362
  4. #512Shelli361
  5. #512Eugenia361
  6. #514Verna359
  7. #515Tamela356
  8. #516Maryellen354

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

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →