Shelli
Girl · SHEL-ee · English
Shelli is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shelli mean?
English: spelling of Shelley, or pet form of Michelle
Shelley is also the surname of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
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Is Shelli a girl's or a boy's name?
Shelli is a girls' name.
How popular is Shelli in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 396 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Shelli in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shelli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,801 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,504 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 99 | #1,260 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,221 |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,340 |
| 1980 | 131 | #1,077 |
| 1979 | 123 | #1,104 |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,014 |
| 1977 | 152 | #921 |
| 1976 | 133 | #956 |
| 1975 | 185 | #766 |
| 1974 | 212 | #693 |
| 1973 | 230 | #651 |
| 1972 | 295 | #561 |
| 1971 | 364 | #512 |
| 1970 | 321 | #566 |
| 1969 | 361 | #515 |
| 1968 | 396 | #484 |
| 1967 | 368 | #498 |
| 1966 | 333 | #517 |
| 1965 | 310 | #539 |
| 1964 | 386 | #498 |
| 1963 | 361 | #512 |
| 1962 | 281 | #593 |
| 1961 | 230 | #685 |
| 1960 | 191 | #733 |
| 1959 | 123 | #943 |
| 1958 | 100 | #1,044 |
| 1957 | 70 | #1,253 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,519 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,464 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,884 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Names like Shelli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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