How Many People Are Named Shelvy?
people named Shelvy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,789,449 people in the US has this name
Based on 397 babies named Shelvy in Social Security records from 1925 to 1993, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shelvy, 88% were girls and 12% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 86.7% of the babies were girls then and 87.5% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shelvy alive today is about 78 years old, and 97% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 73 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shelvy first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1937, to 50 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1993.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 1993
🏆 Rank History
Shelvy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,084, in 1937. Among boys, its best rank was #3,364, in 1925.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,084 (1937) | #3,364 (1925) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,131 in the 1930s | #4,392 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shelvy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shelvy were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.
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