girl's name

Shellie

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 10,887

Scotland

#676

1991 births

Shellie is a girl's name. In 2015 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 423 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1882.

Shellie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

3,467
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shellie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 29
1890s 104
1900s 127
1910s 304
1920s 299
1930s 246
1940s 365
1950s 1,279
1960s 3,467
1970s 2,985
1980s 1,105
1990s 380
2000s 143
2010s (to 2015) 26

How popular is Shellie?

In 2015, Shellie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shellie is used

Scotland #676 3 in 1991
England & Wales #4,597 3 in 2002
United States #16,809 5 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shellie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shellie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shellie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shellie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shellie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shellie

How popular is the name Shellie?

In 2015, Shellie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shellie a girl's or a boy's name?

Shellie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shellie most popular?

Shellie peaked in 1970, when 423 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.