Shelly Name Popularity

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How popular is Shelly?

In 2018 the rare name Shelly, ranked the 4,839th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shelly is currently less popular.

Position 89, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1966.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1964 with 4,080 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Shelly in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1929.

Shelly, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1933-1943, and 1944-1964, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1975-1997, 1998-2002, and 2003-2011.

Shelly became more popular as a girls name in 1937.

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

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shelly?

Shelly's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shelly is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Shelly has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Shelly (Girl)		Shelly (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		28	4,839	< 5	--
2017		34	4,286	< 5	--
2016		36	4,135	< 5	--
2015		44	3,576	< 5	--
2014		50	3,263	< 5	--
2013		52	3,154	< 5	--
2012		52	3,200	< 5	--
2011		39	3,900	< 5	--
2010		57	3,005	< 5	--
2009		79	2,443	< 5	--
2008		69	2,683	< 5	--
2007		73	2,563	5	14,070
2006		89	2,181	< 5	--
2005		108	1,816	< 5	--
2004		100	1,891	< 5	--
2003		113	1,698	< 5	--
2002		123	1,544	< 5	--
2001		125	1,505	5	12,033
2000		147	1,303	< 5	--
1999		158	1,210	< 5	--
1998		168	1,132	< 5	--
1997		165	1,136	< 5	--
1996		217	907	7	7,839
1995		240	821	< 5	--
1994		281	740	6	8,647
1993		307	698	7	7,496
1992		349	647	< 5	--
1991		433	541	6	8,091
1990		413	565	8	6,321
1989		466	505	13	4,234
1988		537	429	7	6,315
1987		629	371	< 5	--
1986		744	326	7	5,831
1985		884	283	6	6,410
1984		949	258	9	4,499
1983		1,073	231	8	4,846
1982		1,136	226	13	3,452
1981		1,229	212	9	4,443
1980		1,452	185	12	3,584
1979		1,457	182	21	2,363
1978		1,501	175	27	1,905
1977		1,849	151	16	2,767
1976		1,861	145	25	1,989
1975		2,483	113	27	1,820
1974		2,797	107	30	1,656
1973		2,911	104	37	1,397
1972		3,288	94	38	1,387
1971		3,637	103	31	1,593
1970		3,751	103	38	1,370
1969		3,674	102	36	1,350
1968		3,594	98	42	1,183
1967		3,650	94	27	1,502
1966		3,856	89	30	1,422
1965		3,850	98	44	1,139
1964		4,080	101	47	1,124
1963		3,790	117	31	1,419
1962		3,480	130	30	1,447
1961		2,994	145	39	1,279
1960		2,689	158	39	1,268
1959		1,882	188	26	1,586
1958		1,379	221	34	1,336
1957		1,211	244	37	1,297
1956		929	291	32	1,376
1955		788	306	20	1,778
1954		759	306	40	1,197
1953		571	356	33	1,328
1952		539	355	41	1,165
1951		407	415	40	1,150
1950		334	440	55	934
1949		181	616	36	1,199
1948		102	866	36	1,214
1947		74	1,037	33	1,292
1946		71	1,004	22	1,552
1945		74	881	36	1,102
1944		52	1,087	30	1,233
1943		66	985	34	1,183
1942		57	1,044	31	1,269
1941		35	1,308	28	1,271
1940		36	1,240	29	1,273
1939		39	1,178	25	1,353
1938		31	1,338	26	1,334
1937		31	1,328	30	1,228
1936		19	1,792	31	1,202
1935		18	1,905	27	1,323
1934		17	1,990	25	1,381
1933		6	4,157	15	1,893
1932		17	2,020	23	1,502
1931		10	2,949	16	1,919
1930		6	4,494	25	1,491
1929		< 5	--	24	1,518
1928		7	4,138	37	1,185
1927		12	2,837	20	1,787
1926		5	5,517	26	1,460
1925		< 5	--	22	1,670
1924		9	3,626	32	1,323
1923		8	3,918	29	1,380
1922		6	4,937	17	2,025
1921		< 5	--	16	2,140
1920		< 5	--	18	1,953
1919		< 5	--	18	1,868
1918		< 5	--	23	1,589
1917		< 5	--	15	2,077
1916		5	5,060	18	1,757
1915		< 5	--	15	1,955
1914		< 5	--	15	1,673
1913		< 5	--	13	1,569
1912		< 5	--	9	1,866
1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	8	1,143
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	5	1,517
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	5	1,404
1904		< 5	--	8	954
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	8	918
1901		< 5	--	8	847
1900		< 5	--	8	1,039
1899		< 5	--	6	1,040
1898		< 5	--	7	983
1897		< 5	--	8	842
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	6	1,066
1894		< 5	--	7	942
1893		< 5	--	9	763
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	6	948
1890		< 5	--	5	1,141
1889		< 5	--	8	779
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	5	1,086
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	7	827
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

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.