Shelby Name Popularity

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How popular is Shelby?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Shelby, ranked the 426th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Shelby has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 33, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1991 with 10,218 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Shelby in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1930.

Shelby, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1931-1937, 1967-1972, and 1986-1991, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1937-1944, 1945-1948, 1975-1979, and 1995-2017.

Shelby became more popular as a girls name in 1936.

The popularity trend for Shelby has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Shelby has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shelby?

Shelby's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shelby still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Shelby is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Shelby (Girl)		Shelby (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		732	426	29	3,748
2017		835	372	33	3,418
2016		981	339	38	3,100
2015		1,073	300	32	3,496
2014		1,110	294	35	3,203
2013		1,235	261	47	2,589
2012		1,444	220	46	2,670
2011		1,459	218	44	2,732
2010		1,677	184	45	2,719
2009		1,934	168	45	2,739
2008		2,145	158	76	1,915
2007		2,350	149	73	1,941
2006		2,617	133	71	1,914
2005		2,839	117	68	1,884
2004		2,988	112	87	1,540
2003		3,535	94	77	1,642
2002		3,961	75	108	1,265
2001		4,369	68	101	1,304
2000		4,559	70	129	1,094
1999		5,018	62	171	886
1998		5,893	49	165	887
1997		6,700	43	199	751
1996		7,949	35	305	590
1995		7,632	38	335	557
1994		7,546	40	362	536
1993		8,121	36	403	512
1992		9,397	34	454	473
1991		10,218	33	524	427
1990		3,517	100	354	525
1989		1,203	229	205	694
1988		881	284	184	691
1987		898	273	176	686
1986		900	276	172	694
1985		884	282	177	663
1984		1,041	242	146	721
1983		643	351	157	686
1982		435	479	125	793
1981		512	424	135	752
1980		482	443	134	759
1979		428	473	144	723
1978		483	419	167	651
1977		553	384	187	615
1976		575	365	176	616
1975		746	308	196	577
1974		799	299	184	589
1973		677	328	171	608
1972		754	319	173	605
1971		556	393	188	609
1970		400	498	159	650
1969		325	548	174	593
1968		320	537	143	636
1967		293	551	129	659
1966		304	540	156	600
1965		274	577	113	702
1964		317	557	117	715
1963		370	507	137	671
1962		369	503	117	714
1961		388	494	132	676
1960		308	559	158	620
1959		356	517	131	667
1958		383	488	127	676
1957		367	494	130	673
1956		345	506	131	667
1955		344	490	151	603
1954		310	505	153	599
1953		262	532	122	647
1952		228	576	132	617
1951		232	558	162	533
1950		248	519	143	567
1949		241	533	147	554
1948		266	500	160	526
1947		369	425	145	563
1946		397	383	171	494
1945		333	388	153	489
1944		367	366	162	476
1943		491	314	200	448
1942		598	279	159	488
1941		826	213	168	456
1940		1,007	187	177	436
1939		1,165	170	206	395
1938		1,713	142	214	386
1937		1,997	119	203	389
1936		1,071	178	151	458
1935		67	848	121	527
1934		17	1,989	133	499
1933		18	1,898	116	530
1932		17	2,019	104	582
1931		11	2,733	110	562
1930		< 5	--	111	570
1929		10	3,111	110	570
1928		19	2,014	97	628
1927		11	3,025	124	556
1926		< 5	--	120	562
1925		9	3,620	128	545
1924		7	4,383	110	611
1923		7	4,317	126	553
1922		10	3,346	128	564
1921		12	2,912	136	536
1920		10	3,312	146	500
1919		7	4,198	141	501
1918		5	5,479	113	574
1917		9	3,313	119	535
1916		10	3,005	100	579
1915		5	4,859	90	608
1914		5	4,115	84	537
1913		5	3,635	38	775
1912		< 5	--	48	591
1911		< 5	--	30	561
1910		< 5	--	29	534
1909		< 5	--	26	517
1908		< 5	--	31	437
1907		< 5	--	14	731
1906		< 5	--	29	408
1905		< 5	--	18	566
1904		< 5	--	12	716
1903		< 5	--	18	521
1902		< 5	--	11	732
1901		< 5	--	14	554
1900		< 5	--	20	552
1899		< 5	--	17	476
1898		< 5	--	22	433
1897		< 5	--	14	579
1896		< 5	--	14	586
1895		< 5	--	16	524
1894		< 5	--	14	561
1893		< 5	--	11	645
1892		< 5	--	19	458
1891		< 5	--	6	947
1890		< 5	--	11	625
1889		< 5	--	11	622
1888		< 5	--	15	522
1887		< 5	--	14	482
1886		< 5	--	9	688
1885		< 5	--	10	633
1884		< 5	--	16	484
1883		< 5	--	8	716
1882		< 5	--	13	538
1881		< 5	--	11	560
1880		< 5	--	8	738

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.