Infographic of Shelly name meaning, which is “The girl from the shelly lea,” in allusion to such a place in old England. From the Anglo-Saxon.
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Shelly Name Popularity

How popular is the name Shelly? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 0 0%
1911 0 0%
1912 0 0%
1913 0 0%
1914 0 0%
1915 0 0%
1916 0 0%
1917 0 0%
1918 0 0%
1919 0 0%
1920 0 0%
1921 0 0%
1922 0 0%
1923 0 0%
1924 0 0%
1925 0 0%
1926 0 0%
1927 0 0%
1928 0 0%
1929 0 0%
1930 0 0%
1931 0 0%
1932 0 0%
1933 0 0%
1934 1,336 7 0.0007%
1935 0 0%
1936 1,356 6 0.0006%
1937 1,196 11 0.0011%
1938 0 0%
1939 1,277 9 0.0009%
1940 1,138 14 0.0013%
1941 1,439 6 0.0005%
1942 972 29 0.0023%
1943 953 31 0.0024%
1944 1,155 17 0.0014%
1945 899 35 0.0029%
1946 980 34 0.0023%
1947 1,127 27 0.0016%
1948 911 49 0.0031%
1949 657 115 0.0071%
1950 446 280 0.0174%
1951 408 366 0.0216%
1952 354 496 0.0284%
1953 356 527 0.0298%
1954 307 727 0.0398%
1955 308 747 0.0406%
1956 291 898 0.0475%
1957 244 1,193 0.062%
1958 219 1,367 0.0723%
1959 188 1,866 0.0982%
1960 157 2,676 0.1412%
1961 145 2,988 0.1583%
1962 130 3,476 0.1893%
1963 116 3,787 0.211%
1964 101 4,080 0.2318%
1965 98 3,847 0.2352%
1966 89 3,856 0.247%
1967 94 3,650 0.2405%
1968 98 3,595 0.2394%
1969 102 3,670 0.2382%
1970 103 3,751 0.2357%
1971 103 3,637 0.242%
1972 94 3,287 0.2413%
1973 104 2,907 0.2242%
1974 107 2,788 0.2145%
1975 113 2,479 0.1929%
1976 144 1,852 0.1437%
1977 151 1,841 0.1366%
1978 175 1,493 0.111%
1979 181 1,444 0.1024%
1980 185 1,426 0.0975%
1981 216 1,202 0.0818%
1982 226 1,115 0.0746%
1983 231 1,052 0.0713%
1984 257 922 0.062%
1985 282 848 0.0559%
1986 322 709 0.047%
1987 370 599 0.0393%
1988 423 503 0.0323%
1989 490 435 0.027%
1990 576 357 0.0215%
1991 545 383 0.0235%
1992 644 305 0.0191%
1993 715 252 0.0162%
1994 756 226 0.0147%
1995 839 184 0.0122%
1996 958 151 0.0101%
1997 1,094 118 0.008%
1998 1,178 107 0.0071%
1999 1,181 110 0.0073%
2000 1,285 96 0.0063%
2001 1,610 60 0.004%
2002 1,488 73 0.0049%
2003 1,719 55 0.0036%
2004 1,752 53 0.0035%
2005 1,536 71 0.0046%
2006 1,994 42 0.0027%
2007 2,181 33 0.0021%
2008 2,253 30 0.0019%
2009 2,037 38 0.0025%
2010 2,455 21 0.0015%
2011 3,053 9 0.0006%
2012 2,300 24 0.0017%
2013 2,759 13 0.0009%
2014 2,658 14 0.001%
2015 2,998 9 0.0006%
2016 2,986 8 0.0006%
2017 3,174 6 0.0004%
2018 2,826 9 0.0007%
2019 3,033 6 0.0004%
2020 4,446 6 0.0005%
2021 3,940 7 0.0006%
2022 5,215 5 0.0004%

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Shell

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Shelby

Willow grove

English

Shellby

Willow; from the ledge estate

English


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