Is Shelby a boy or girl name?
Shelby is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 445 girls and 50 boys were named Shelby, so 89.9% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 90% of the 164,786 US babies named Shelby were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,655
- Girl rank, 2024
- #656
- Babies named Shelby since 1880
- 164,786
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 10,744 babies
Boys and girls named Shelby, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 144 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 193 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 792 | 46 | 5.5% |
| 1920s | 1,225 | 95 | 7.2% |
| 1930s | 1,470 | 6,077 | 80.5% |
| 1940s | 1,641 | 4,895 | 74.9% |
| 1950s | 1,382 | 3,075 | 69% |
| 1960s | 1,375 | 3,268 | 70.4% |
| 1970s | 1,745 | 5,971 | 77.4% |
| 1980s | 1,613 | 7,880 | 83% |
| 1990s | 3,271 | 71,994 | 95.7% |
| 2000s | 835 | 31,309 | 97.4% |
| 2010s | 380 | 11,215 | 96.7% |
| 2020s | 223 | 2,557 | 92% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50 | #2,655 | 445 | #656 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,684 | 447 | #657 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,046 | 503 | #596 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,410 | 556 | #550 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,612 | 606 | #501 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,784 | 634 | #495 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,776 | 738 | #425 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,367 | 836 | #373 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,103 | 985 | #337 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,500 | 1,080 | #299 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,208 | 1,114 | #294 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,592 | 1,239 | #260 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,670 | 1,447 | #220 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,735 | 1,462 | #217 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,673 | 1,680 | #184 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,743 | 1,935 | #169 |
| 2008 | 76 | #1,915 | 2,147 | #158 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,943 | 2,351 | #149 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,917 | 2,620 | #133 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,884 | 2,839 | #117 |
| 2004 | 87 | #1,540 | 2,988 | #112 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,642 | 3,537 | #94 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,265 | 3,961 | #75 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,304 | 4,370 | #68 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,095 | 4,561 | #70 |
| 1999 | 171 | #886 | 5,018 | #62 |
| 1998 | 165 | #887 | 5,893 | #49 |
| 1997 | 199 | #751 | 6,701 | #43 |
| 1996 | 305 | #590 | 7,950 | #35 |
| 1995 | 335 | #557 | 7,632 | #38 |
| 1994 | 362 | #536 | 7,545 | #40 |
| 1993 | 403 | #512 | 8,122 | #37 |
| 1992 | 453 | #474 | 9,396 | #34 |
| 1991 | 524 | #427 | 10,220 | #33 |
| 1990 | 354 | #525 | 3,517 | #100 |
| 1989 | 205 | #694 | 1,203 | #229 |
| 1988 | 184 | #691 | 881 | #284 |
| 1987 | 176 | #686 | 898 | #273 |
| 1986 | 172 | #695 | 900 | #276 |
| 1985 | 177 | #665 | 885 | #281 |
| 1984 | 148 | #717 | 1,042 | #242 |
| 1983 | 157 | #686 | 642 | #351 |
| 1982 | 125 | #793 | 435 | #479 |
| 1981 | 135 | #751 | 512 | #424 |
| 1980 | 134 | #759 | 482 | #443 |
| 1979 | 144 | #723 | 428 | #473 |
| 1978 | 168 | #647 | 483 | #419 |
| 1977 | 187 | #615 | 553 | #383 |
| 1976 | 176 | #617 | 575 | #365 |
| 1975 | 195 | #577 | 746 | #308 |
| 1974 | 184 | #589 | 799 | #299 |
| 1973 | 171 | #607 | 677 | #329 |
| 1972 | 173 | #605 | 754 | #318 |
| 1971 | 188 | #608 | 556 | #393 |
| 1970 | 159 | #650 | 400 | #499 |
| 1969 | 173 | #597 | 326 | #547 |
| 1968 | 143 | #636 | 320 | #537 |
| 1967 | 129 | #659 | 293 | #551 |
| 1966 | 156 | #600 | 304 | #540 |
| 1965 | 114 | #696 | 274 | #577 |
| 1964 | 117 | #714 | 317 | #557 |
| 1963 | 136 | #671 | 370 | #508 |
| 1962 | 117 | #714 | 370 | #503 |
| 1961 | 131 | #677 | 386 | #494 |
| 1960 | 159 | #618 | 308 | #559 |
| 1959 | 131 | #667 | 357 | #517 |
| 1958 | 128 | #673 | 382 | #489 |
| 1957 | 128 | #676 | 367 | #494 |
| 1956 | 132 | #664 | 345 | #507 |
| 1955 | 151 | #603 | 344 | #491 |
| 1954 | 153 | #599 | 310 | #505 |
| 1953 | 122 | #648 | 262 | #532 |
| 1952 | 132 | #617 | 228 | #576 |
| 1951 | 162 | #533 | 232 | #558 |
| 1950 | 143 | #567 | 248 | #519 |
| 1949 | 147 | #554 | 241 | #533 |
| 1948 | 160 | #526 | 266 | #500 |
| 1947 | 146 | #560 | 369 | #425 |
| 1946 | 171 | #494 | 397 | #383 |
| 1945 | 153 | #489 | 333 | #388 |
| 1944 | 161 | #476 | 367 | #366 |
| 1943 | 200 | #448 | 491 | #314 |
| 1942 | 159 | #488 | 599 | #279 |
| 1941 | 168 | #456 | 826 | #213 |
| 1940 | 176 | #437 | 1,006 | #187 |
| 1939 | 207 | #394 | 1,164 | #170 |
| 1938 | 214 | #386 | 1,714 | #142 |
| 1937 | 203 | #388 | 1,997 | #119 |
| 1936 | 151 | #458 | 1,071 | #178 |
| 1935 | 121 | #527 | 67 | #848 |
| 1934 | 133 | #499 | 17 | #1,989 |
| 1933 | 115 | #531 | 18 | #1,898 |
| 1932 | 106 | #577 | 18 | #1,941 |
| 1931 | 109 | #564 | 11 | #2,732 |
| 1930 | 111 | #570 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 110 | #570 | 10 | #3,112 |
| 1928 | 97 | #627 | 19 | #2,014 |
| 1927 | 124 | #556 | 11 | #3,025 |
| 1926 | 120 | #562 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 128 | #545 | 9 | #3,620 |
| 1924 | 110 | #611 | 7 | #4,383 |
| 1923 | 126 | #553 | 7 | #4,317 |
| 1922 | 128 | #564 | 10 | #3,346 |
| 1921 | 136 | #536 | 12 | #2,912 |
| 1920 | 146 | #500 | 10 | #3,312 |
| 1919 | 141 | #501 | 7 | #4,197 |
| 1918 | 113 | #574 | 5 | #5,479 |
| 1917 | 119 | #535 | 9 | #3,313 |
| 1916 | 100 | #579 | 10 | #3,005 |
| 1915 | 90 | #608 | 5 | #4,859 |
| 1914 | 84 | #537 | 5 | #4,115 |
| 1913 | 38 | #775 | 5 | #3,635 |
| 1912 | 48 | #591 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 30 | #561 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 29 | #534 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 26 | #517 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 31 | #437 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 14 | #731 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 29 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 18 | #566 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 12 | #716 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 18 | #521 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 11 | #732 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 14 | #554 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 20 | #552 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 17 | #476 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 22 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 14 | #579 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 14 | #586 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 16 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 14 | #561 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 11 | #645 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 19 | #457 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #947 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 11 | #625 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 11 | #622 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 15 | #522 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 14 | #482 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #688 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #633 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 16 | #484 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 8 | #716 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 13 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 11 | #560 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #738 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Shelby reached #386 in 1938. As a girl name, it reached #33 in 1991. 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 Shelby
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.