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Shelby Name Popularity

How popular is the name Shelby? 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 — 0 0%
1935 — 32 0.0033%
1936 — 1,058 0.1098%
1937 — 1,975 0.2004%
1938 — 1,695 0.1656%
1939 — 1,144 0.1125%
1940 — 988 0.093%
1941 — 805 0.0715%
1942 — 573 0.0454%
1943 — 459 0.0352%
1944 — 334 0.0269%
1945 — 292 0.0239%
1946 — 367 0.0249%
1947 — 331 0.0198%
1948 — 243 0.0152%
1949 — 217 0.0135%
1950 — 210 0.013%
1951 — 198 0.0117%
1952 — 184 0.0105%
1953 — 213 0.012%
1954 — 279 0.0153%
1955 — 315 0.0171%
1956 — 313 0.0166%
1957 — 336 0.0175%
1958 — 348 0.0184%
1959 — 327 0.0172%
1960 — 268 0.0141%
1961 — 340 0.018%
1962 — 317 0.0173%
1963 — 317 0.0177%
1964 — 277 0.0157%
1965 — 227 0.0139%
1966 — 253 0.0162%
1967 — 252 0.0166%
1968 — 277 0.0184%
1969 — 280 0.0182%
1970 — 369 0.0232%
1971 — 538 0.0358%
1972 — 721 0.0529%
1973 — 641 0.0494%
1974 — 780 0.06%
1975 — 725 0.0564%
1976 — 553 0.0429%
1977 — 517 0.0384%
1978 — 444 0.033%
1979 — 379 0.0269%
1980 — 435 0.0298%
1981 — 472 0.0321%
1982 — 385 0.0258%
1983 — 604 0.0409%
1984 — 1,021 0.0686%
1985 — 852 0.0561%
1986 — 881 0.0584%
1987 — 867 0.0568%
1988 — 847 0.0544%
1989 — 1,188 0.0736%
1990 — 3,517 0.2122%
1991 — 10,218 0.6269%
1992 — 9,397 0.5887%
1993 — 8,121 0.5209%
1994 — 7,546 0.4917%
1995 — 7,632 0.5064%
1996 — 7,949 0.5309%
1997 — 6,701 0.4531%
1998 — 5,893 0.3937%
1999 — 5,013 0.3347%
2000 — 4,556 0.2982%
2001 — 4,367 0.2898%
2002 — 3,954 0.2639%
2003 — 3,531 0.2321%
2004 — 2,981 0.1956%
2005 — 2,832 0.1852%
2006 — 2,615 0.167%
2007 — 2,337 0.1481%
2008 — 2,142 0.1386%
2009 — 1,927 0.1289%
2010 — 1,667 0.1157%
2011 — 1,456 0.1022%
2012 — 1,427 0.1001%
2013 — 1,210 0.085%
2014 — 1,088 0.0747%
2015 — 1,052 0.0723%
2016 — 970 0.0673%
2017 — 807 0.0578%
2018 — 698 0.0508%
2019 — 608 0.0449%
2020 — 556 0.0437%
2021 — 473 0.0387%
2022 — 464 0.0352%
2023 — 401 0.031%

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What names are variants of Shelby?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Shelby.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Shelbea

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shelbee

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shelbeigh

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shelbey

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shelbi

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shelbie

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

Shellby

Willow; from the ledge estate

English

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17 Comments

  1. I was named Shelby because my parents thought it was a beautiful name and I love it

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  2. I like my name, but only for girls. Def only a girl name! Bryn is the middle name

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  3. I like the name because of Tommy Shelby from the TV show Peaky Blinders.

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  4. My mom named me after Steele magnolias. It was her favorite movie, at 9 years old I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She now thinks she cursed me and can no longer watch the movie. ?

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  5. I am named after Issac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. I always joke that the pre-61 Shelbys are all probably cousins. 🙂

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  6. I am named Shelby and I personally don’t exactly like it. But my middle name is Anne. So it kind of works.

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    • I love it and it is fun

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  7. I have a 23 yr old daughter named Shelbie. I named her after Julia Roberts character in Steele Magnolias. I had never heard the name before and thought it was so pretty. Gave her the middle name Blair…. Shelbie Blair…. beautiful name for a beautiful young woman

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  8. My name is Shelby and i was named after the mustang car Shelby that Carroll Shelby <3

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    • Me too…. I was named after the car

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      • My sister is Shelby and she gets disappoint if we go in a shop and we see thing with names on and I’m like look there’s Amelia then we go into the s section and there is no Shelby she will say “my name is on nothing” and I’m like it’s ok and she will pull a face and I feel soooooooooo sorry and more sos for her

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    • Omg same

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      • @Shelly is that your actual nickname for Shelby?

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    • Same!!

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  9. It was my maiden name and I’ve always liked it for a girls name.

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  10. our 4th child took the longest to name, i wanted jovie (like from the movie elf) but hubby didnt like it. we eventually went with his top choice, shelby. we mostly got it from the carroll shelby. we paired it with pearl. <3 its perfect!

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  11. I chose shelby because it’s not heard very much

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