Shelly is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Shelly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,884 for girl births in the United States (and #10,222 across all names), given to 21 babies. Shelly first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1964 (4,080 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,884 | — |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | #4,650 | — |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | #6,130 | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | #4,889 | — |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | #4,594 | — |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #5,147 | — |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | #4,758 | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 29 | #4,757 | — |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | #4,296 | — |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | #4,147 | — |
| 2015 | 45 | 45 | #3,522 | — |
| 2014 | 50 | 50 | #3,266 | — |
| 2013 | 52 | 52 | #3,161 | — |
| 2012 | 52 | 52 | #3,203 | — |
| 2011 | 39 | 39 | #3,904 | — |
| 2010 | 57 | 57 | #3,006 | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | #2,419 | — |
| 2008 | 69 | 69 | #2,683 | — |
| 2007 | 78 | 78 | #2,566 | #14,072 |
| 2006 | 89 | 89 | #2,181 | — |
| 2005 | 109 | 109 | #1,799 | — |
| 2004 | 100 | 100 | #1,891 | — |
| 2003 | 114 | 114 | #1,685 | — |
| 2002 | 123 | 123 | #1,547 | — |
| 2001 | 130 | 130 | #1,505 | #12,038 |
| 2000 | 147 | 147 | #1,304 | — |
| 1999 | 158 | 158 | #1,210 | — |
| 1998 | 168 | 168 | #1,132 | — |
| 1997 | 166 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1996 | 224 | — | #907 | #7,840 |
| 1995 | 240 | — | #821 | — |
| 1994 | 287 | — | #741 | #8,650 |
| 1993 | 314 | — | #699 | #7,498 |
| 1992 | 348 | — | #647 | — |
| 1991 | 440 | — | #539 | #8,092 |
| 1990 | 421 | — | #565 | #6,327 |
| 1989 | 479 | — | #505 | #4,236 |
| 1988 | 544 | — | #430 | #6,319 |
| 1987 | 629 | — | #371 | — |
| 1986 | 751 | — | #326 | #5,837 |
| 1985 | 891 | — | #282 | #6,412 |
| 1984 | 958 | — | #258 | #4,498 |
| 1983 | 1,081 | — | #230 | #4,849 |
| 1982 | 1,150 | — | #226 | #3,456 |
| 1981 | 1,237 | — | #212 | #4,444 |
| 1980 | 1,463 | — | #186 | #3,583 |
| 1979 | 1,477 | — | #182 | #2,362 |
| 1978 | 1,528 | — | #175 | #1,907 |
| 1977 | 1,864 | — | #151 | #2,766 |
| 1976 | 1,886 | — | #145 | #1,989 |
| 1975 | 2,511 | — | #113 | #1,822 |
| 1974 | 2,827 | — | #107 | #1,655 |
| 1973 | 2,947 | — | #104 | #1,397 |
| 1972 | 3,326 | — | #94 | #1,387 |
| 1971 | 3,668 | — | #103 | #1,592 |
| 1970 | 3,789 | — | #103 | #1,370 |
| 1969 | 3,712 | — | #102 | #1,349 |
| 1968 | 3,637 | — | #98 | #1,181 |
| 1967 | 3,675 | — | #94 | #1,502 |
| 1966 | 3,886 | — | #89 | #1,423 |
| 1965 | 3,894 | — | #98 | #1,141 |
| 1964 | 4,127 | — | #101 | #1,124 |
| 1963 | 3,821 | — | #117 | #1,421 |
| 1962 | 3,510 | — | #130 | #1,451 |
| 1961 | 3,033 | — | #145 | #1,278 |
| 1960 | 2,731 | — | #157 | #1,267 |
| 1959 | 1,909 | — | #188 | #1,584 |
| 1958 | 1,413 | — | #221 | #1,339 |
| 1957 | 1,247 | — | #245 | #1,297 |
| 1956 | 962 | — | #291 | #1,358 |
| 1955 | 806 | — | #306 | #1,780 |
| 1954 | 800 | — | #306 | #1,183 |
| 1953 | 603 | — | #356 | #1,353 |
| 1952 | 579 | — | #355 | #1,164 |
| 1951 | 446 | — | #415 | #1,168 |
| 1950 | 388 | — | #441 | #932 |
| 1949 | 217 | — | #615 | #1,200 |
| 1948 | 138 | — | #866 | #1,214 |
| 1947 | 107 | — | #1,037 | #1,292 |
| 1946 | 93 | — | #1,004 | #1,552 |
| 1945 | 110 | — | #880 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 82 | — | #1,087 | #1,233 |
| 1943 | 100 | — | #984 | #1,182 |
| 1942 | 88 | — | #1,044 | #1,267 |
| 1941 | 63 | — | #1,308 | #1,271 |
| 1940 | 65 | — | #1,240 | #1,273 |
| 1939 | 64 | — | #1,178 | #1,354 |
| 1938 | 57 | — | #1,338 | #1,334 |
| 1937 | 61 | — | #1,328 | #1,228 |
| 1936 | 50 | — | #1,792 | #1,201 |
| 1935 | 45 | — | #1,904 | #1,324 |
| 1934 | 42 | — | #1,990 | #1,381 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #4,157 | #1,893 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | #2,022 | #1,502 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | #2,950 | #1,917 |
| 1930 | 31 | — | #4,497 | #1,490 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | — | #1,519 |
| 1928 | 44 | — | #4,137 | #1,184 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | #2,837 | #1,787 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | #5,518 | #1,460 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | #3,625 | #1,323 |
| 1923 | 37 | — | #3,916 | #1,380 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | #4,936 | #2,025 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | — | #2,139 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | — | #1,953 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | — | #1,868 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | — | #1,589 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | — | #2,077 |
| 1916 | 23 | — | #5,059 | #1,757 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | — | #1,954 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | — | #1,673 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,866 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | — | #1,143 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | — | #1,517 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #954 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | — | #918 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #847 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #983 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #842 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #942 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #763 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #948 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #779 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #827 |