Shellie
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 91.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 423 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,967since 1882
Shellie 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,092 | 64 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,447 | 88 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,138 | 126 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,133 | 121 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,071 | 129 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,088 | 130 | — | |
| 1981 | #964 | 152 | — | |
| 1980 | #952 | 156 | — | |
| 1979 | #829 | 188 | — | |
| 1978 | #767 | 201 | — | |
| 1977 | #704 | 220 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #616 | 254 | — | |
| 1975 | #546 | 317 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #555 | 300 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #526 | 319 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #512 | 336 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #496 | 385 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #478 | 423 | — | |
| 1969 | #480 | 403 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #506 | 368 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #490 | 377 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #504 | 349 | — | |
| 1965 | #480 | 391 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #496 | 387 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #530 | 336 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #525 | 345 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #658 | 243 | — | |
| 1960 | #697 | 213 | — | |
| 1959 | #762 | 178 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #857 | 143 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #865 | 138 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #908 | 122 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #999 | 100 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #884 | 118 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,026 | 88 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #983 | 92 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #914 | 100 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Shellie! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shellie is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Idaho#224 · 1 in 947
- Oklahoma#270 · 1 in 1,358
- Oregon#275 · 1 in 1,404
- Washington#284 · 1 in 1,599
- Utah#287 · 1 in 1,504
Best ever in a state: #125 in Utah, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #224 | 5 | 1 in 947 |
| Oklahoma | #270 | 12 | 1 in 1,358 |
| Oregon | #275 | 9 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Washington | #284 | 12 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Utah | #287 | 7 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Ohio | #326 | 32 | 1 in 2,327 |
| Kansas | #335 | 6 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Tennessee | #342 | 12 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Alabama | #359 | 11 | 1 in 2,195 |
| Arizona | #394 | 7 | 1 in 2,067 |
| Iowa | #395 | 5 | 1 in 3,486 |
| Maryland | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,940 |
| Colorado | #409 | 6 | 1 in 2,623 |
| Kentucky | #409 | 7 | 1 in 3,393 |
| Missouri | #419 | 9 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Texas | #449 | 35 | 1 in 2,753 |
| Pennsylvania | #476 | 17 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Mississippi | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Florida | #522 | 11 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Michigan | #526 | 12 | 1 in 5,158 |
| Louisiana | #533 | 7 | 1 in 3,789 |
| Indiana | #535 | 7 | 1 in 5,291 |
| California | #574 | 32 | 1 in 4,284 |
| Georgia | #581 | 7 | 1 in 5,140 |
| North Carolina | #595 | 6 | 1 in 6,116 |
| Illinois | #798 | 9 | 1 in 8,288 |
| New York | #1,044 | 9 | 1 in 12,316 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Shellie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 549 spots in 1893 (#1,450 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1982 (#964 → #1,088)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1970 at #478 (423 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1954–1981
- Highest: 1 in 4,133 girls born in 1970 were named Shellie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 34.2% of all girls named Shellie (3,412) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1942, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #908 (1882) | #979 |
| 1890s | 76 | #901 (1893) | #1,120 |
| 1900s | 78 | #1,015 (1909) | #1,314 |
| 1910s | 151 | #1,241 (1911) | #1,851 |
| 1920s | 117 | #2,109 (1922) | #2,880 |
| 1930s | 102 | #1,797 (1939) | #2,642 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,165 (1949) | #1,920 |
| 1950s | 1,168 | #762 (1959) | #915 |
| 1960s | 3,412 | #480 (1969) | #537 |
| 1970s | 2,943 | #478 (1970) | #603 |
| 1980s | 1,100 | #952 (1980) | #1,346 |
| 1990s | 380 | #2,092 (1991) | #3,428 |
| 2000s | 143 | #3,738 (2000) | #8,414 |
| 2010s | 26 | #11,181 (2011) | #14,399 |
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.
Shellie in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,528 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 94.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 231,658 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,622Yamil8
- #3,622Yvette8
- #3,622Zenas8
- #3,963Shellie7
- #3,963Abayomi7
- #3,963Abdon7
- #3,963Adolf7
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
Tied with 477 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.