Shelley is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Shelley is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,280 for girl births in the United States (and #14,189 across all names), given to 13 babies. Shelley was first reported in SSA data in 1892 and peaked in 1964 (2,821 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,280 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,470 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #11,051 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #13,381 | — |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,457 | — |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #7,520 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #9,038 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #9,074 | — |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #9,269 | — |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | #7,193 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,877 | — |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | #6,181 | — |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | #7,698 | — |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | #7,415 | — |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | #5,338 | — |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | #5,086 | — |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | #4,914 | — |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #4,345 | — |
| 2007 | 35 | 35 | #4,370 | — |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | #3,845 | — |
| 2005 | 38 | 38 | #3,863 | — |
| 2004 | 42 | 42 | #3,560 | — |
| 2003 | 42 | 42 | #3,459 | — |
| 2002 | 39 | 39 | #3,519 | — |
| 2001 | 65 | 65 | #2,565 | #12,037 |
| 2000 | 69 | 69 | #2,274 | — |
| 1999 | 85 | 85 | #1,872 | — |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | #1,706 | #6,225 |
| 1997 | 105 | — | #1,550 | — |
| 1996 | 112 | — | #1,477 | — |
| 1995 | 165 | — | #1,138 | #5,844 |
| 1994 | 162 | — | #1,112 | — |
| 1993 | 223 | — | #872 | — |
| 1992 | 266 | — | #776 | — |
| 1991 | 262 | — | #798 | #9,413 |
| 1990 | 304 | — | #706 | #7,966 |
| 1989 | 386 | — | #578 | #7,765 |
| 1988 | 432 | — | #520 | #7,115 |
| 1987 | 507 | — | #442 | #7,959 |
| 1986 | 571 | — | #400 | #5,259 |
| 1985 | 578 | — | #395 | #4,640 |
| 1984 | 713 | — | #330 | #5,489 |
| 1983 | 783 | — | #300 | #6,109 |
| 1982 | 859 | — | #288 | #3,914 |
| 1981 | 922 | — | #273 | #4,106 |
| 1980 | 1,147 | — | #226 | #2,937 |
| 1979 | 1,081 | — | #243 | #2,881 |
| 1978 | 1,046 | — | #239 | #2,555 |
| 1977 | 1,119 | — | #226 | #2,890 |
| 1976 | 1,295 | — | #194 | #2,317 |
| 1975 | 1,571 | — | #171 | #1,992 |
| 1974 | 2,017 | — | #142 | #2,188 |
| 1973 | 2,293 | — | #128 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 2,415 | — | #126 | #1,558 |
| 1971 | 2,303 | — | #140 | #1,664 |
| 1970 | 2,379 | — | #144 | #1,651 |
| 1969 | 2,508 | — | #135 | #1,523 |
| 1968 | 2,503 | — | #129 | #1,823 |
| 1967 | 2,529 | — | #141 | #1,846 |
| 1966 | 2,570 | — | #140 | #1,571 |
| 1965 | 2,547 | — | #148 | #1,851 |
| 1964 | 2,845 | — | #143 | #1,652 |
| 1963 | 2,750 | — | #148 | #2,105 |
| 1962 | 2,501 | — | #162 | #1,617 |
| 1961 | 2,182 | — | #180 | #1,248 |
| 1960 | 2,154 | — | #182 | #2,194 |
| 1959 | 1,867 | — | #191 | #1,911 |
| 1958 | 1,750 | — | #197 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 1,749 | — | #200 | #1,543 |
| 1956 | 1,706 | — | #196 | #1,600 |
| 1955 | 1,764 | — | #192 | #1,533 |
| 1954 | 2,206 | — | #161 | #1,431 |
| 1953 | 1,978 | — | #168 | #1,167 |
| 1952 | 1,921 | — | #164 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 1,891 | — | #166 | #1,065 |
| 1950 | 1,702 | — | #170 | #1,286 |
| 1949 | 1,046 | — | #233 | #1,372 |
| 1948 | 431 | — | #391 | #1,810 |
| 1947 | 249 | — | #578 | #1,357 |
| 1946 | 222 | — | #571 | #1,405 |
| 1945 | 199 | — | #562 | #1,265 |
| 1944 | 156 | — | #642 | #1,395 |
| 1943 | 133 | — | #734 | #1,523 |
| 1942 | 119 | — | #767 | #1,583 |
| 1941 | 72 | — | #1,012 | #1,631 |
| 1940 | 82 | — | #911 | #1,617 |
| 1939 | 73 | — | #923 | #1,951 |
| 1938 | 53 | — | #1,227 | #1,732 |
| 1937 | 70 | — | #1,045 | #1,438 |
| 1936 | 66 | — | #1,060 | #1,456 |
| 1935 | 58 | — | #1,070 | #1,909 |
| 1934 | 55 | — | #1,255 | #1,491 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | #1,395 | #2,352 |
| 1932 | 43 | — | #1,564 | #1,772 |
| 1931 | 44 | — | #1,280 | #2,444 |
| 1930 | 34 | — | #2,290 | #1,744 |
| 1929 | 25 | — | #2,565 | #2,442 |
| 1928 | 39 | — | #2,486 | #1,515 |
| 1927 | 37 | — | #2,678 | #1,597 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | #3,240 | #2,172 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | #4,887 | #2,074 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | #4,971 | #2,121 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | #4,318 | #2,109 |
| 1922 | 43 | — | #3,963 | #1,239 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #4,390 | #1,700 |
| 1920 | 32 | — | #3,069 | #1,737 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | #3,809 | #2,062 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #4,518 | #2,076 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1915 | 37 | — | #3,391 | #1,238 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #4,116 | #2,249 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #3,367 | #2,238 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | #2,502 | #1,074 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #914 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #953 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #962 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #772 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | #1,935 | #1,272 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #967 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #823 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,428 | — |