Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Shelby

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shelby
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.6% from peak

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

10,220

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1913Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

95.6%

2024

445

All-time

148,382

Shelby once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 10,220 girls were named Shelby.

In 2024, only 445 girls were given the name.

Down 95.6% from its peak.

All told, about 148,382 Americans have been named Shelby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.6% from peak

199110,220 girls named Shelby

2024445 girls named Shelby

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