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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shelli

Shelli was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 485th with 396 babies. More babies were named Shelli in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1968396 babies
Total since 1880
6,983babies recorded

Shelli popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#14,7337
2000#14,7416
1990#3,14336
1980#1,082131
1970#568321
1960#735191
1950#2,51917
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shelli, counting every spelling?

Shelli has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shelli?

About 6,300 people born in the US named Shelli are alive today, with a median age of 57; half are between 51 and 62. That makes Shelli a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shelli by state

How common Shelli was among girls born in each state in 1966–1970, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (5.8×), Idaho (5.1×), Oregon (4.2×), Nebraska (4.2×), Kansas (3.7×). In 20 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesME0.19Wisconsin: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesWI0.29Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesWA0.64Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesID1.1Montana: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMT0.23North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMN0.27Illinois: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIL0.17Michigan: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMI0.23New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMA0.02Oregon: 0.89 per 1,000 babiesOR0.89Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesIA0.56Indiana: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesIN0.36Ohio: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesOH0.22Pennsylvania: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesPA0.13New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCT0.06Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesCA0.34Utah: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesUT0.41Colorado: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesCO0.40Nebraska: 0.88 per 1,000 babiesNE0.88Missouri: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesMO0.32Kentucky: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesKY0.06West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.07New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.78 per 1,000 babiesKS0.78Arkansas: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAR0.27Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesOK1.2Louisiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesLA0.09Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesTX0.34Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shelli, girls, 1966–1970. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shelli: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shelli, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shelli

How popular is the name Shelli?

Shelli was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 485th with 396 babies. More babies were named Shelli in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Shelli a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,983 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shelli most popular?

In 1966–1970, Shelli was most common in Oklahoma (1.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Idaho and Oregon.