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.
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 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 33,309 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 40.7% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Vivienne10
- #1,231Vonnie10
- #1,231Zelpha10
- #1,319Shellie9
- #1,319Agness9
- #1,319Aida9
- #1,319Aldora9
- #1,431Adel8
- #1,431Adelaida8
- #1,431Alba8
Tied with 111 names at #1,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 16,719 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 40.1% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).