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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shellie

Shellie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 479th with 423 babies. More babies were named Shellie 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
1970423 babies
Total since 1880
10,859babies recorded

Shellie popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 892 since 1888.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#14,7347
2000#3,79734
1990#2,28356
1980#954156
1970#479423
1960#700213
1950#95689
1940#2,28314
1930#3,02610
1920#2,34616
1910#1,32813
1900#1,4149
1890#1,0838
1880——

How popular is Shellie, counting every spelling?

Shellie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shellie?

About 8,500 people born in the US named Shellie are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 49 and 62. That makes Shellie 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.

Shellie by state

How common Shellie was among girls born in each state in 1968–1972, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (5.3×), Idaho (3.9×), Oklahoma (3.1×), Oregon (2.8×), Washington (2.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New York, Maryland, North Carolina.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesWI0.18Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.62 per 1,000 babiesWA0.62Idaho: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesID0.90Montana: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMT0.24North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMN0.16Illinois: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesIL0.15Michigan: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMI0.30New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMA0.09Oregon: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesOR0.65Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesIA0.39Indiana: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesIN0.39Ohio: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesOH0.32Pennsylvania: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesPA0.11New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesCA0.29Utah: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesUT1.2Colorado: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesCO0.46Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesMO0.34Kentucky: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesKY0.36West Virginia: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesWV0.24Virginia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesVA0.08Maryland: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMD0.06Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.10New Mexico: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesNM0.15Kansas: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesKS0.55Arkansas: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesAR0.52Tennessee: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesTN0.30North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.72 per 1,000 babiesOK0.72Louisiana: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesLA0.34Mississippi: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMS0.24Alabama: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesAL0.28Georgia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesGA0.21Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesTX0.33Florida: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesFL0.16
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shellie, girls, 1968–1972. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Shellie

How popular is the name Shellie?

Shellie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 479th with 423 babies. More babies were named Shellie in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Shellie a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 9,967 girls and 892 boys.

Where was Shellie most popular?

In 1968–1972, Shellie was most common in Utah (1.23 per 1,000 girls), followed by Idaho and Oklahoma.