Boy or Girl

Is Shellie a boy or girl name?

Shellie was mostly a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 91.8% of the 10,859 US babies named Shellie were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.

Boy rank, 2024
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Girl rank, 2024
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Babies named Shellie since 1882
10,859
Most popular year
1970
423 babies
Babies named Shellie each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Shellie from 1882 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01503004506001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Shellie, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s52482.8%
1890s287673.1%
1900s497861.4%
1910s15315149.7%
1920s18211739.1%
1930s14410241.5%
1940s11824767.7%
1950s1111,16891.3%
1960s553,41298.4%
1970s422,94398.6%
1980s51,10099.5%
1990s0380100%
2000s0143100%
2010s026100%
2020s00–
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–0–
20230–0–
20220–0–
20210–0–
20200–0–
20190–0–
20180–0–
20170–0–
20160–0–
20150–5#18,733
20140–0–
20130–5#18,873
20120–0–
20110–9#12,014
20100–7#14,733
20090–7#15,006
20080–0–
20070–8#13,748
20060–9#12,280
20050–13#8,799
20040–14#8,181
20030–18#6,539
20020–15#7,382
20010–25#4,816
20000–34#3,797
19990–18#5,873
19980–20#5,327
19970–35#3,360
19960–41#2,957
19950–26#4,085
19940–30#3,692
19930–45#2,716
19920–45#2,726
19910–64#2,108
19900–56#2,283
19890–53#2,273
19880–71#1,785
19870–74#1,661
19865#7,66588#1,458
19850–126#1,142
19840–121#1,136
19830–129#1,079
19820–130#1,090
19810–152#969
19800–156#954
19790–188#832
19780–201#771
19778#4,521220#707
19760–254#619
19755#6,204317#547
19747#4,569300#557
197310#3,416319#528
19727#4,375336#513
19715#5,541385#496
19700–423#479
19697#3,887403#481
19686#4,075368#506
19675#4,456377#490
19660–349#505
19659#2,954391#480
196411#2,642387#497
196310#2,828336#530
19627#3,585345#526
19610–243#659
19600–213#699
19599#3,012178#766
19589#3,000143#857
195712#2,477138#868
195612#2,481122#913
195512#2,416100#1,001
19546#3,757118#886
19537#3,38788#1,031
195216#1,99692#991
195110#2,637100#920
195018#1,80789#956
194912#2,32161#1,171
194814#2,10424#1,998
194714#2,15228#1,853
19468#2,88826#1,802
19458#2,72226#1,655
19446#3,38821#1,909
19439#2,71416#2,336
194214#2,03212#2,790
194117#1,74719#1,945
194016#1,79314#2,283
193910#2,42419#1,869
193814#1,96714#2,323
193713#2,07811#2,714
193611#2,2839#3,071
193510#2,5067#3,702
193415#1,92113#2,413
193316#1,82311#2,667
193221#1,5790–
193116#1,9168#3,452
193018#1,81010#3,026
192913#2,3058#3,647
19287#3,6549#3,408
192718#1,94813#2,679
192625#1,50810#3,241
192516#2,0759#3,621
192417#2,0368#3,957
192314#2,31912#2,892
192223#1,63418#2,175
192125#1,54014#2,616
192024#1,58616#2,346
191920#1,74412#2,786
191818#1,89428#1,531
191722#1,57614#2,411
191614#2,13524#1,575
191512#2,28613#2,366
191425#1,18412#2,109
191313#1,56812#1,869
191213#1,4119#2,119
19115#1,96114#1,289
191011#1,03413#1,328
19090–16#1,045
19087#1,19814#1,128
19075#1,5169#1,493
19065#1,39310#1,308
19056#1,2160–
19047#1,0480–
19035#1,2849#1,297
19025#1,2936#1,763
19010–5#1,911
19009#9639#1,414
18990–7#1,377
18980–10#1,163
18970–8#1,245
18967#97110#1,114
18958#8629#1,192
18946#1,0640–
18930–11#951
18920–5#1,636
18910–8#1,085
18907#8718#1,083
18890–7#1,128
18885#1,1610–
18870–7#1,023
18860–0–
18850–5#1,182
18840–0–
18830–0–
18820–5#1,017

Highest rank

As a boy name, Shellie reached #862 in 1895. As a girl name, it reached #479 in 1970. 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 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Shellie

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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.