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Shelbie

Girl · SHEL-bee · English

Shelbie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “willow farm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Shelbie mean?

English: spelling of Shelby, a surname from a place name

“willow farm”

Say it
SHEL-bee

Is Shelbie a girl's or a boy's name?

Shelbie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Shelbie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 59% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Shelbie, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 32 girls.

Half of all the girls named Shelbie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Shelbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 32 in 19972025
Shelbie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20234#4,915
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20206#3,630
20193#5,804
20188#3,068
20174#4,967
20161#7,664
20154#4,951
20147#3,321
20136#3,719
20129#2,887
20118#3,041
20106#3,715
20097#3,201
200816#1,745
20079#2,543
200610#2,263
20058#2,555
20045#3,356
20039#2,109
20028#2,231
200115#1,398
200018#1,182
199918#1,194
199827#891
199732#797
199622#988

How popular is Shelbie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,883among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Shelbie, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 450 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.

Half of all the girls named Shelbie in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 470 girls in the US were given Shelbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.

1936Busiest: 450 in 19922025
Shelbie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
20249#10,266
202312#8,481
202213#8,027
202115#7,245
202019#6,079
201912#8,592
201817#6,788
201730#4,574
201632#4,422
201537#3,988
201445#3,484
201331#4,541
201257#2,977
201152#3,172
201080#2,360
200975#2,509
200894#2,137
200796#2,101
2006103#1,939
2005104#1,854
2004119#1,629
2003122#1,578
2002172#1,188
2001175#1,174
2000210#1,005
1999210#981
1998277#775
1997293#726
1996335#664
1995280#729
1994269#763
1993344#647
1992450#528
1991403#576
1990149#1,150
198955#2,189
198843#2,484
198727#3,328
198625#3,457
198532#2,859
198430#2,914
198313#5,147
198217#4,346
198113#5,253
198021#3,718
197919#3,902
197816#4,242
197727#2,908
197616#3,961
197527#2,743
197429#2,556
197315#3,970
197218#3,404
197121#3,166
197013#4,245
196916#3,460
196813#3,788
196711#4,052
19665#6,563
19659#4,493
19648#5,007
19637#5,295
196210#4,262
196116#3,188
19605#6,389
195911#3,826
19580–
19570–
19567#4,836
195510#3,777
19546#5,146
19530–
19520–
19510–
195012#3,051
19498#3,891
19489#3,591
19478#4,005
19466#4,416
194511#2,741
19446#4,052
19438#3,492
19429#3,192
19419#3,028
194018#1,899
193924#1,544
193831#1,316
193737#1,180
193619#1,741

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