How Many People Are Named Shelly?
people named Shelly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,415 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,610 babies named Shelly in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,127 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHELLEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shelly in English. Counting Shelly and these spellings together, about 141,646 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shelly, 98.6% were girls and 1.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shelly rose from 3.8% in the 1910s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelly alive today is about 54 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelly first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1964, to 4,127 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shelly never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #89, in 1966, and it was in the top 100 in 5 years between 1965 and 1972. In 2025 it ranked #5,883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,883 |
| Best rank | #89 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (1965 to 1972) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #112 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelly were born in California than in any other state: about 8,209 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shelly was given 3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.8 times in Oklahoma and 2.4 times in Montana.
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