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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • 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: #253 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,306 girlsWAIdaho: #228 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 880 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #265 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,874 girlsMNIllinois: #445 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,638 girlsILWisconsin: #291 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsWIMichigan: #431 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,858 girlsMINew York: #915 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,385 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedRIOregon: #253 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedIAIndiana: #330 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsINOhio: #391 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,304 girlsOHPennsylvania: #524 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,016 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #404 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,393 girlsCTCalifornia: #435 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,796 girlsCAUtah: #325 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,806 girlsUTColorado: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,593 girlsCONebraska: #194 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 993 girlsNEMissouri: #420 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,654 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: #236 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsKSArkansas: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,857 girlsARTennessee: 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: #189 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 841 girlsOKLouisiana: #515 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,788 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedALGeorgia: #623 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,276 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedHITexas: #454 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,030 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shelli, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#189 · 1 in 841
  2. Nebraska#194 · 1 in 993
  3. Idaho#228 · 1 in 880
  4. Kansas#236 · 1 in 1,151
  5. Washington#253 · 1 in 1,306

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#189191 in 841
Nebraska#194101 in 993
Idaho#22851 in 880
Kansas#236121 in 1,151
Oregon#253101 in 1,311
Washington#253181 in 1,306
Minnesota#265151 in 1,874
Wisconsin#291141 in 2,326
Arkansas#31271 in 1,857
Utah#32551 in 1,806
Indiana#330171 in 2,341
Ohio#391251 in 3,304
Colorado#39461 in 2,593
Connecticut#40461 in 3,393
Missouri#42091 in 3,654
Michigan#431181 in 3,858
California#435551 in 2,796
Illinois#445231 in 3,638
Texas#454311 in 3,030
Louisiana#51581 in 3,788
Pennsylvania#524141 in 6,016
Georgia#62361 in 6,276
New York#915111 in 12,385
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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 1968

girls
#484
396 births · 1 in 4,142 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #484Shelli396
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,142 of them was named Shelli, which outranked 94.1% of the 8,198 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. #481Deidre399
  2. #481Joni399
  3. #481Nikki399
  4. #484Shelli396
  5. #484Bertha396
  6. #486Nichelle395
  7. #487Colette391
  8. #487Guadalupe391

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

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →