NameTides

Shelby

Shelby was the #649 girls' name in the US in 2025 (444 babies), and #872 in England & Wales and #1,001 in Canada.

Shelby as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shelby as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Shelby as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#649 (444)#872 (40)#780 (3)—#608 (5)#1,001 (27)
2024#657 (446)#708 (53)#790 (3)—#736 (4)#993 (27)
2023#656 (448)#637 (57)#540 (5)——#868 (31)
2022#595 (503)#624 (61)—#418 (3)#559 (6)#964 (27)
2021#549 (556)#513 (80)#558 (5)—#464 (8)#636 (46)
2020#501 (606)#494 (82)#471 (6)—#834 (3)#498 (59)
2019#495 (634)#458 (92)#650 (4)—#716 (4)#807 (35)
2018#424 (738)#540 (77)#376 (9)—#734 (4)#586 (52)
2017#373 (836)#771 (51)#570 (5)——#491 (66)
2016#337 (986)#684 (60)———#531 (60)
2015#299 (1,080)#745 (52)#653 (4)——#444 (75)
2014#294 (1,114)#668 (59)#681 (4)——#409 (81)
2013#259 (1,239)#584 (70)—#440 (3)—#418 (77)
2012#220 (1,447)#556 (76)———#356 (91)
2011#217 (1,462)#594 (68)——#937 (3)#339 (96)

Shelby as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shelby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Shelby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,991 (41)#2,664 (8)—
2024#2,595 (51)#2,672 (8)—
2023#2,660 (49)#2,008 (11)—
2022#3,003 (41)#1,692 (14)—
2021#3,297 (35)#2,125 (10)#2,491 (6)
2020#2,586 (49)#1,723 (13)—
2019#3,716 (29)#2,104 (10)—
2018#3,708 (29)#2,259 (9)—
2017#3,312 (34)#2,734 (7)—
2016#2,993 (39)#4,023 (4)—
2015#3,431 (32)——
2014#3,154 (35)#3,895 (4)—
2013#2,562 (47)——
2012#2,632 (46)——
2011#2,699 (44)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #33.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.
  • In 2025, 92% of US babies named Shelby were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 42,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shelby is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shelby by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #947NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #443PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: #385UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #364KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #624TXFlorida: #735FL
Shelby (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Shelby (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShelbyCanadaGirls#1,00127
ShelbyCanadaBoys—too few
ShelbyEngland & WalesGirls#87240
ShelbyEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
ShelbyIrelandGirls#6085
ShelbyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShelbyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShelbyScotlandGirls#7803
ShelbyUSGirls#649444
ShelbyUSBoys#2,99141