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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 16,457 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 86.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #903Josefina123
- #903Kellie123
- #903Oralia123
- #908Shellie122
- #908Amber122
- #908Annetta122
- #908Ginny122
- #914Angelita121
- #914Daria121
- #914Elyse121
Tied with 5 names at #908; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 176,275 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 47.0% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,263Vickey13
- #2,263Virgle13
- #2,263Wendy13
- #2,361Shellie12
- #2,361Adonis12
- #2,361Adron12
- #2,361Alston12
- #2,497Amon11
- #2,497Ancil11
- #2,497Angela11
Tied with 135 names at #2,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.