Feminine dossier · first seen 1916

Shelly

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

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

4,081

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1916Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

All-time

84,398

Shelly 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 4,081 girls were named Shelly.

In 2024, only 30 girls were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 84,398 Americans have been named Shelly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1916.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

19644,081 girls named Shelly

202430 girls named Shelly

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