Shelbi

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
1991 · 513 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,496
since 1961

Shelbi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shelbi has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #475, 1991girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#15,2935
2023
2022#10,3839
2021#7,63014
2020#9,54610
2019#9,11211
2018#6,52118
2017#7,84014
2016#6,90117
2015#6,23620
2014#5,02527
2013#4,54331
2012#3,91539
2011#3,05155
2010#2,87060
2009#3,08855
2008#2,53874
2007#2,32882
2006#2,45975
2005#1,96997
2004#1,781107
2003#1,579122
2002#1,520124
2001#1,206169
2000#1,154175
1999#966214
1998#896235
1997#764276
1996#682320
1995#642337
1994#598376
1993#555429
1992#479515
1991#475513
1990#881220
1989#1,75077
1988#2,33047
1987#2,65737
1986#2,34443
1985#3,24627
1984#2,51537
1983#2,91029
1982#4,71615
1981#4,16218
1980#3,00229
1979#3,54122
1978#3,63720
1977#3,00226
1976#3,18822
1975#2,32135
1974#2,75726
1973#2,83024
1972#3,40418
1971#3,94315
1970#4,03814
1969#4,41811
1968#4,00012
1967#6,0426
1966#4,4939
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1964#5,0088
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1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Shelbi! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shelbi is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,288 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,736 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #804 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,440 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedIAIndiana: #399 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,363 girlsINOhio: #688 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,602 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,431 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 13,814 girlsCAUtah: #360 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,835 girlsUTColorado: #653 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,710 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,241 girlsMOKentucky: #319 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,854 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedDEArizona: #791 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,869 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedARTennessee: #455 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,775 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #321 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsOKLouisiana: #267 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shelbi, so not publishedHITexas: #598 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,678 girlsTXFlorida: #957 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,428 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#267 · 1 in 1,285
  2. Kentucky#319 · 1 in 1,854
  3. Oklahoma#321 · 1 in 1,537
  4. Utah#360 · 1 in 1,835
  5. Indiana#399 · 1 in 2,363

Best ever in a state: #87 in Montana, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#267171 in 1,285
Kentucky#319111 in 1,854
Oklahoma#321111 in 1,537
Utah#36091 in 1,835
Indiana#399141 in 2,363
Tennessee#455111 in 2,775
Texas#598391 in 3,678
Missouri#61871 in 4,241
Colorado#65361 in 3,710
Ohio#688111 in 5,602
Arizona#79161 in 4,869
Michigan#80481 in 6,440
Florida#957101 in 7,428
Illinois#1,28861 in 11,736
California#1,431161 in 13,814
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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 Shelbi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 7,408 spots since 2024 (#15,293#7,885)
  • 1,661 spots since 2020 (#9,546#7,885)
  • 1,649 spots since 2015 (#6,236#7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 869 spots in 1990 (#1,750#881)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 2000 (#966#1,154)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1991 at #475 (513 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1990–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,580
  • Highest: 1 in 3,580 girls born in 1992 were named Shelbi (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #475 in 1991, was only 1 in 3,655 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 62.5% of all girls named Shelbi (3,435) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s57#4,000 (1968)#5,199
1970s222#2,321 (1975)#3,266
1980s359#1,750 (1989)#2,963
1990s3,435#475 (1991)#694
2000s1,080#1,154 (2000)#1,962
2010s292#2,870 (2010)#5,601
2020s51#7,630 (2021)#10,147

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.

Shelbi in 1998

girls
#896
235 births · 1 in 7,519 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #896Shelbi235
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 7,519 of them was named Shelbi, which outranked 94.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shelbi
  1. #892Joanne236
  2. #892Kirstin236
  3. #892Marcella236
  4. #896Shelbi235
  5. #896Ashlie235
  6. #896Cali235
  7. #899Abigayle234
  8. #899Baby234
  9. #899Jaelyn234

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

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998