Shelbi

Shelbi was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies).

Shelbi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Shelbi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Shelbi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#7,885 (13)———
2024#15,293 (5)———
2022#10,383 (9)———
2021#7,630 (14)———
2020#9,546 (10)———
2019#9,112 (11)———
2018#6,521 (18)———
2017#7,840 (14)———
2016#6,901 (17)———
2015#6,236 (20)———
2014#5,025 (27)———
2013#4,543 (31)———
2012#3,915 (39)#5,876 (3)——
2011#3,051 (55)———
2010#2,870 (60)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #479.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShelbiCanadaGirls—too few
ShelbiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShelbiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShelbiScotlandGirls—too few
ShelbiUSGirls#7,88513