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

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Peak · girls
1970 · 423 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,967
since 1882

Shellie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #478, 1970peak #795, 1895girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#16,4195
2014
2013#16,5475
2012
2011#11,1819
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008
2007#12,6768
2006#11,4179
2005#8,33013
2004#7,82814
2003#6,29918
2002#7,04515
2001#4,68825
2000#3,73834
1999#5,66118
1998#5,12320
1997#3,30235
1996#2,90141
1995#3,96926
1994#3,61530
1993#2,67645
1992#2,68745
1991#2,09264
1990#2,25856
1989#2,25053
1988#1,76971
1987#1,64774
1986#1,44788#6,7215
1985#1,138126
1984#1,133121
1983#1,071129
1982#1,088130
1981#964152
1980#952156
1979#829188
1978#767201
1977#704220#4,1648
1976#616254
1975#546317#5,4645
1974#555300#4,1907
1973#526319#3,22310
1972#512336#3,9637
1971#496385#4,9075
1970#478423
1969#480403#3,5957
1968#506368#3,6736
1967#490377#3,9665
1966#504349
1965#480391#2,7809
1964#496387#2,54611
1963#530336#2,67310
1962#525345#3,3057
1961#658243
1960#697213
1959#762178#2,8219
1958#857143#2,8189
1957#865138#2,37512
1956#908122#2,36112
1955#999100#2,30212
1954#884118#3,4526
1953#1,02688#3,1437
1952#98392#1,93916
1951#914100#2,49510
1950#94889#1,74618
1949#1,16561#2,22512
1948#1,95324#2,02714
1947#1,82228#2,07614
1946#1,77126#2,6908
1945#1,62126#2,5748
1944#1,86721#3,1096
1943#2,25116#2,5639
1942#2,66612#1,94614
1941#1,88219#1,68517
1940#2,20314#1,73616
1939#1,79719#2,28810
1938#2,22514#1,90114
1937#2,57011#1,99213
1936#2,8579#2,18411
1935#3,4317#2,39610
1934#2,28913#1,86015
1933#2,54011#1,77016
1932#1,54821
1931#3,2268#1,84316
1930#2,84510#1,75318
1929#3,3948#2,19913
1928#3,1649#3,3577
1927#2,55213#1,87118
1926#3,04610#1,46625
1925#3,3629#2,01216
1924#3,6658#1,96417
1923#2,73212#2,22414
1922#2,10918#1,59123
1921#2,50914#1,50925
1920#2,26316#1,54324
1919#2,64012#1,69520
1918#1,49728#1,82718
1917#2,31614#1,52822
1916#1,53324#2,04314
1915#2,25513#2,18412
1914#2,00912#1,15325
1913#1,76612#1,49713
1912#1,9819#1,35313
1911#1,24114#1,7405
1910#1,26713#98111
1909#1,01516
1908#1,08414#1,1137
1907#1,3849#1,3455
1906#1,22910#1,2535
1905#1,0916
1904#9667
1903#1,2049#1,1305
1902#1,5946#1,1375
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199#9029
1899#1,2787
1898#1,09810
1897#1,1678
1896#1,04710#9007
1895#1,1239#7958
1894#9546
1893#90111
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0068
1890#1,0068#8147
1889#1,0257
1888#1,0315
1887#9377
1886
1885#1,0475
1884
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1970 at #478 (423 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1954–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,133
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 34.2% of all girls named Shellie (3,412) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1943
  • Mostly boys until 1942, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#908 (1882)#979
1890s76#901 (1893)#1,120
1900s78#1,015 (1909)#1,314
1910s151#1,241 (1911)#1,851
1920s117#2,109 (1922)#2,880
1930s102#1,797 (1939)#2,642
1940s247#1,165 (1949)#1,920
1950s1,168#762 (1959)#915
1960s3,412#480 (1969)#537
1970s2,943#478 (1970)#603
1980s1,100#952 (1980)#1,346
1990s380#2,092 (1991)#3,428
2000s143#3,738 (2000)#8,414
2010s26#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 1973

girls
#526
319 births · 1 in 4,571 girls
boys
#3,223
10 births · 1 in 155,858 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #526Shellie319

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #3,223Shellie10
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 4,571 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 94.6% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shellie
  1. #522Cassie322
  2. #522Sondra322
  3. #525Susana321
  4. #526Shellie319
  5. #526Deirdre319
  6. #526Francine319
  7. #529Autumn318
  8. #530Tonja317
  9. #531Bertha316

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

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 155,858 of them was named Shellie, which outranked 45.2% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shellie
  1. #3,013Yale11
  2. #3,013Yechiel11
  3. #3,013Zoltan11
  4. #3,223Shellie10
  5. #3,223Adron10
  6. #3,223Akida10
  7. #3,223Albino10
  8. #3,445Abu9
  9. #3,445Achilles9
  10. #3,445Adams9

Tied with 221 names at #3,223; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973