Shelvy
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817 · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 83.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 36 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 333since 1936
Shelvy 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
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #1,200 | 37 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shelvy! It came in at #1,186, and was given to 36 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shelvy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1937 at #1,070 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,183 girls born in 1937 were named Shelvy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 45.0% of all girls named Shelvy (150) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1992, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 150 | #1,070 (1937) | #1,187 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,374 (1940) | #2,901 |
| 1950s | 42 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,801 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,159 |
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.
Shelvy in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 33,231 of them was named Shelvy, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,265Suzette34
- #1,265Verline34
- #1,265Waneta34
- #1,291Shelvy33
- #1,291Adelia33
- #1,291Aleta33
- #1,291Bernetta33
- #1,308Adrianne32
- #1,308Arden32
- #1,308Cassandra32
Tied with 16 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 221,370 of them was named Shelvy, which outranked 12.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.