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Shelby Romantic • Diplomatic • Intellectual
Shelby Romantic • Diplomatic • Intellectual
Romantic • Diplomatic • Intellectual
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Shelby Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
9.91%
Male
90.09%
Female
Shelby is predominantly a girls name, with 90.09% of Shelbys being girls, and 9.91% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 16230 males named Shelby, and 147469 females given the name
Popularity of Shelby by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Shelby in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Shelby: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Shelby' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Shelby in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Shelby's average ranking is 1790.54, with it's highest ever rank being #. Shelby has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Shelby has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 163699 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Shelby gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1991, when it's usage went up by 150.08%. During this year, 524 babies were named Shelby, which was 0.0136% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.014%, in this year alone more than 1000 boys were named Shelby.
Popular 'S' Names for Boys
| Name | 'S-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel | 1. | 31. | 10492 | 0.29% |
| Sebastian | 2. | 33. | 10249 | 0.283% |
| Sawyer | 3. | 157. | 4213 | 0.116% |
| Santiago | 4. | 180. | 3700 | 0.102% |
| Silas | 5. | 203. | 3385 | 0.094% |
| Steven | 6. | 296. | 2381 | 0.066% |
| Sean | 7. | 428. | 1657 | 0.046% |
| Simon | 8. | 453. | 1544 | 0.043% |
| Stephen | 9. | 498. | 1367 | 0.038% |
| Spencer | 10. | 503. | 1357 | 0.038% |
| Seth | 11. | 580. | 1147 | 0.032% |
| Shane | 12. | 630. | 1058 | 0.029% |
| Sergio | 13. | 640. | 1038 | 0.029% |
| Shawn | 14. | 705. | 939 | 0.026% |
| Solomon | 15. | 730. | 890 | 0.025% |
| Sullivan | 16. | 827. | 777 | 0.021% |
| Skyler | 17. | 836. | 762 | 0.021% |
| Sterling | 18. | 934. | 661 | 0.018% |
| Scott | 19. | 939. | 655 | 0.018% |
| Saul | 20. | 1083. | 555 | 0.015% |