Shelby Girl Name

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The name Shelby is of English origin, and is a variation of Selby. The table below indicates the number of times the name Shelby has been given to baby girls in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Shelby**
Use of the Name Shelby for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
122,362	110,181	99,159	52,501	19,329	6,465	2,948

The table below indicates the number of times the name Shelby has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Shelby**
	Used as a Girl Name		Used as a Boy Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880			738	8
1881			560	11
1882			538	13
1883			716	8
1884			484	16
1885			633	10
1886			688	9
1887			482	14
1888			523	15
1889			623	11
1890			625	11
1891			947	6
1892			459	19
1893			645	11
1894			561	14
1895			524	16
1896			587	14
1897			580	14
1898			433	22
1899			477	17
1900			554	20
1901			556	14
1902			732	11
1903			521	18
1904			717	12
1905			566	18
1906			418	28
1907			732	14
1908			438	31
1909			516	26
1910			533	29
1911			561	30
1912			592	48
1913			774	38
1914			537	84
1915			610	90
1916			579	100
1917			537	118
1918			576	113
1919			496	144
1920			503	145
1921			539	135
1922			562	129
1923			549	127
1924			614	109
1925			542	130
1926			563	119
1927			558	123
1928			637	96
1929			574	109
1930			571	111
1931			560	111
1932			585	103
1933			528	116
1934			498	134
1935	837	68	526	121
1936	178	1,074	464	149
1937	119	1,990	385	204
1938	142	1,715	388	212
1939	170	1,165	398	204
1940	187	1,005	435	178
1941	213	828	459	166
1942	279	600	483	160
1943	316	484	448	200
1944	369	363	475	163
1945	386	334	493	150
1946	383	397	496	169
1947	424	371	559	145
1948	505	261	527	159
1949	526	245	549	148
1950	521	248	568	142
1951	554	233	531	162
1952	573	229	610	134
1953	531	262	647	121
1954	506	309	598	152
1955	490	345	601	150
1956	507	343	653	134
1957	494	367	682	125
1958	487	384	669	128
1959	517	355	666	133
1960	559	308	622	157
1961	494	386	679	130
1962	504	368	710	118
1963	506	370	675	135
1964	554	318	713	118
1965	579	273	700	113
1966	537	308	600	155
1967	555	289	660	129
1968	539	318	634	143
1969	548	326	591	174
1970	500	398	646	159
1971	392	556	604	190
1972	318	754	604	173
1973	328	676	610	170
1974	299	800	589	182
1975	309	744	575	197
1976	366	575	613	176
1977	383	553	615	187
1978	421	480	647	167
1979	473	428	722	144
1980	446	479	759	133
1981	424	512	750	135
1982	480	435	790	125
1983	351	641	685	157
1984	242	1,041	721	145
1985	281	884	658	178
1986	276	899	691	172
1987	273	894	685	176
1988	283	884	689	184
1989	229	1,204	695	205
1990	100	3,518	524	355
1991	33	10,211	427	524
1992	34	9,390	476	451
1993	36	8,123	512	403
1994	40	7,543	538	361
1995	38	7,631	554	335
1996	35	7,944	590	305
1997	43	6,692	751	199
1998	49	5,893	886	165
1999	62	5,012	883	171
2000	70	4,551
2001	68	4,357
2002	74	3,956
2003	94	3,517
2004	112	2,948
Totals:		122,362		14,947

During the last 125 years, parents have used Shelby as a girl's name about 89% of the time and less frequently (about 10% of the time) as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Shelby appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 70 times during the last 125 years.

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