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 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 18,009 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 85.3% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #908Nila101
- #908Phillis101
- #908Sheron101
- #914Shellie100
- #914Clarissa100
- #914Francisca100
- #914Joleen100
- #921Cheryll99
- #921Joycelyn99
- #921Kathyrn99
Tied with 6 names at #914; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 188,284 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 41.3% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,367Wille11
- #2,367Winifred11
- #2,367Young11
- #2,495Shellie10
- #2,495Aden10
- #2,495Ahmed10
- #2,495Albion10
- #2,662Able9
- #2,662Adelaido9
- #2,662Adonis9
Tied with 166 names at #2,495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.