Baby name

Shelly

Girl

Origin of the name

Shelly was first an English place name and surname. It is also used as a pet form of Michelle.

Short-lived name

Shelly peaked in 1964, when 1 baby in 953 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 5721. 42% of all babies named Shelly since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

84,420births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 101rank at its peak, in 1964

Where babies named Shelly are born

1964

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The darker the blue, the more common Shelly is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shelly is most common in North Dakota (3.1 times), Oklahoma (2.6) and Montana (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shelby 148,830
Shelley 72,586
Shelli 6,983
Shella 1,129
Sherly 1,062

Names from the same era

Karla · Shelley · Sherri · Robyn · Penny · Sheri

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