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Baby name
Shelby
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90% girls / 10% boys
Origin of the name
Shelby was first an English place name and surname, whose exact origin is uncertain.
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Short-lived name
Where babies named Shelby are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Shelby is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Shelby is most common in Kentucky (2.1 times), Tennessee (2) and Wyoming (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
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Where babies named Shelby are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Shelby is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Shelby is most common in Kentucky (7.4 times), Mississippi (6) and Arkansas (5.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Shelly 2,190
Names from the same era
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 5% | 95% |
| 1920s | 7% | 93% |
| 1930s | 81% | 19% |
| 1940s | 75% | 25% |
| 1950s | 69% | 31% |
| 1960s | 70% | 30% |
| 1970s | 77% | 23% |
| 1980s | 83% | 17% |
| 1990s | 96% | 4% |
| 2000s | 97% | 3% |
| 2010s | 97% | 3% |
| 2020s | 92% | 8% |