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How popular is “Shellie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shellie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shellie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shellie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shellie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shellie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shellie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shellie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 8 7 7%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 17 0.00004843 9 8 6%
1896 17 0.000047555 10 7 18%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 9 9 0%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 6 5 9%
1903 14 0.000036726 9 5 29%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 10 5 33%
1907 14 0.000030082 9 5 29%
1908 21 0.000042976 14 7 33%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 100%
1910 24 0.000040629 13 11 8%
1911 19 0.00002949 14 5 47%
1912 22 0.000022266 9 13 -18%
1913 25 0.000021986 12 13 -4%
1914 37 0.000026124 12 25 -35%
1915 25 0.000013643 13 12 4%
1916 38 0.000019644 24 14 26%
1917 36 0.000017939 14 22 -22%
1918 46 0.000021187 28 18 22%
1919 32 0.000015164 12 20 -25%
1920 40 0.000017678 16 24 -20%
1921 39 0.000016706 14 25 -28%
1922 41 0.000017911 18 23 -12%
1923 26 0.000011292 12 14 -8%
1924 25 0.000010497 8 17 -36%
1925 25 0.000010714 9 16 -28%
1926 35 0.000015245 10 25 -43%
1927 31 0.000013366 13 18 -16%
1928 16 0.000007077 9 7 13%
1929 21 0.00000958 8 13 -24%
1930 28 0.000012594 10 18 -29%
1931 24 0.000011405 8 16 -33%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 11 16 -19%
1934 28 0.000013482 13 15 -7%
1935 17 0.000008134 7 10 -18%
1936 20 0.000009627 9 11 -10%
1937 24 0.000011264 11 13 -8%
1938 28 0.000012655 14 14 0%
1939 29 0.000013161 19 10 31%
1940 30 0.000013028 14 16 -7%
1941 36 0.000014776 19 17 6%
1942 26 0.000009517 12 14 -8%
1943 25 0.000008857 16 9 28%
1944 27 0.000010037 21 6 56%
1945 34 0.000012816 26 8 53%
1946 34 0.000010641 26 8 53%
1947 42 0.000011659 28 14 33%
1948 38 0.000011006 24 14 26%
1949 73 0.000020948 61 12 67%
1950 107 0.000030542 89 18 66%
1951 110 0.000029861 100 10 82%
1952 108 0.000028436 92 16 70%
1953 95 0.000024652 88 7 85%
1954 124 0.00003115 118 6 90%
1955 112 0.000027895 100 12 79%
1956 134 0.0000325 122 12 82%
1957 150 0.000035696 138 12 84%
1958 152 0.000036769 143 9 88%
1959 187 0.000044974 178 9 90%
1960 213 0.000051278 213 100%
1961 243 0.000058663 243 100%
1962 352 0.000087229 345 7 96%
1963 346 0.000087413 336 10 94%
1964 398 0.000102377 387 11 94%
1965 400 0.000110331 391 9 95%
1966 349 0.000100413 349 100%
1967 382 0.000112522 377 5 97%
1968 374 0.000110703 368 6 97%
1969 410 0.000117975 403 7 97%
1970 423 0.000117288 423 100%
1971 390 0.000113625 385 5 97%
1972 343 0.000109132 336 7 96%
1973 329 0.000109053 319 10 94%
1974 307 0.000100987 300 7 95%
1975 322 0.000106644 317 5 97%
1976 254 0.00008371 254 100%
1977 228 0.000071777 220 8 93%
1978 201 0.00006333 201 100%
1979 188 0.000056507 188 100%
1980 156 0.00004529 156 100%
1981 152 0.000043939 152 100%
1982 130 0.000037059 130 100%
1983 129 0.000037247 129 100%
1984 121 0.000034683 121 100%
1985 126 0.000035303 126 100%
1986 93 0.000026145 88 5 89%
1987 74 0.000020524 74 100%
1988 71 0.000019215 71 100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 100%
1990 56 0.000014168 56 100%
1991 64 0.00001643 64 100%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 100%
1993 45 0.000011935 45 100%
1994 30 0.00000807 30 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 41 0.000011242 41 100%
1997 35 0.000009653 35 100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 100%
2000 34 0.000008995 34 100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Shellie:

  1. Shellena
  2. Shellene
  3. Shelley
  4. Shelli
  5. Shellia
  6. Shellie (this page)
  7. Shellina
  8. Shelline
  9. Shellisa
  10. Shellise
  11. Shellsea