Shelvie

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #5,860 · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #3,277
Given to girls 98.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
#862
1937 · 64 births
Debut · girls
1936
32 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
294
since 1936

Shelvie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelvie has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #862, 1937girls
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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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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Shelvie! It came in at #1,267, and was given to 32 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelvie is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedARTennessee: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #421 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,281 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #494 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,162 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shelvie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#376 · 1 in 3,875
  2. North Carolina#421 · 1 in 5,281
  3. Georgia#494 · 1 in 6,162

Best ever in a state: #333 in West Virginia, 1937.

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See more about Shelvie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
  • Biggest jump: 405 spots in 1937 (#1,267 → #862)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1938 (#862 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1937 at #862 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1937
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,626
  • Highest: 1 in 16,626 girls born in 1937 were named Shelvie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 327,767 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 55.1% of all girls named Shelvie (162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s162#862 (1937)#1,193
1940s103#1,477 (1940)#3,309
1950s23#3,778 (1955)#4,618
1960s6#5,860 (1962)#5,860

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.

Shelvie in 1938

girls
#1,127
41 births · 1 in 26,914 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #1,127Shelvie41
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 26,914 of them was named Shelvie, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelvie
  1. #1,111Orpha42
  2. #1,111Rosina42
  3. #1,111Vallie42
  4. #1,127Shelvie41
  5. #1,127Arlette41
  6. #1,127Berneice41
  7. #1,127Bonny41
  8. #1,140Adrianne40
  9. #1,140Angelica40
  10. #1,140Cathrine40

Tied with 12 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →