Boy or Girl

Is Shelbie a boy or girl name?

Shelbie was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 5,566 US babies named Shelbie were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#10,928
Babies named Shelbie since 1936
5,566
Most popular year
1992
450 babies
Babies named Shelbie each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Shelbie from 1936 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.015030045060019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Shelbie, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1930s0111100%
1940s092100%
1950s046100%
1960s0100100%
1970s0201100%
1980s0276100%
1990s03,010100%
2000s01,270100%
2010s0393100%
2020s067100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–9#10,928
20230–11#9,510
20220–13#8,455
20210–15#7,575
20200–19#6,288
20190–12#9,034
20180–17#7,057
20170–30#4,679
20160–32#4,512
20150–37#4,059
20140–45#3,538
20130–31#4,634
20120–57#2,999
20110–52#3,216
20100–80#2,380
20090–75#2,528
20080–94#2,153
20070–96#2,113
20060–103#1,957
20050–104#1,876
20040–119#1,639
20030–122#1,588
20020–172#1,192
20010–175#1,176
20000–210#1,010
19990–210#985
19980–277#778
19970–293#727
19960–335#664
19950–280#733
19940–269#765
19930–344#650
19920–450#529
19910–403#576
19900–149#1,160
19890–55#2,218
19880–43#2,527
19870–27#3,405
19860–25#3,538
19850–32#2,925
19840–30#2,982
19830–13#5,406
19820–17#4,501
19810–13#5,532
19800–21#3,828
19790–19#4,015
19780–16#4,422
19770–27#2,982
19760–16#4,126
19750–27#2,802
19740–29#2,601
19730–15#4,130
19720–18#3,513
19710–21#3,246
19700–13#4,442
19690–16#3,594
19680–13#3,966
19670–11#4,256
19660–5#7,441
19650–9#4,774
19640–8#5,400
19630–7#5,792
19620–10#4,491
19610–16#3,301
19600–5#7,142
19590–11#3,996
19580–0–
19570–0–
19560–7#5,241
19550–10#4,011
19540–6#5,652
19530–0–
19520–0–
19510–0–
19500–12#3,204
19490–8#4,188
19480–9#3,840
19470–8#4,295
19460–6#4,895
19450–11#2,892
19440–6#4,503
19430–8#3,770
19420–9#3,402
19410–9#3,213
19400–18#1,950
19390–24#1,582
19380–31#1,337
19370–37#1,193
19360–19#1,791

Highest rank

Shelbie has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #529 in 1992. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Shelbie

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.