Feminine dossier · first seen 1892

Shelley

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

Endangered Down 99.6% from peak

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

2,821

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1892Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

99.6%

2024

All-time

72,573

Shelley 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 1964, when 2,821 girls were named Shelley.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 99.6% from its peak.

All told, about 72,573 Americans have been named Shelley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1892.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.6% from peak

19642,821 girls named Shelley

202411 girls named Shelley

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