Shellie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHEL-ee
- Origin
- English
Shellie is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shellie 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.
Is Shellie a girl's or a boy's name?
Shellie is a girls' name.
How popular is Shellie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 girls.
Shellie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Shellie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 423 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Shellie in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1914, 32% of the babies named Shellie in the US were girls. By 1986 it was 95%, with more girls than boys since 1941.
Shellie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,086 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 53 | #2,245 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,646 |
| 1986 | 88 | #1,447 |
| 1985 | 126 | #1,138 |
| 1984 | 121 | #1,133 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,071 |
| 1982 | 130 | #1,088 |
| 1981 | 152 | #964 |
| 1980 | 156 | #952 |
| 1979 | 188 | #829 |
| 1978 | 201 | #767 |
| 1977 | 220 | #704 |
| 1976 | 254 | #616 |
| 1975 | 317 | #546 |
| 1974 | 300 | #555 |
| 1973 | 319 | #526 |
| 1972 | 336 | #512 |
| 1971 | 385 | #496 |
| 1970 | 423 | #478 |
| 1969 | 403 | #480 |
| 1968 | 368 | #506 |
| 1967 | 377 | #490 |
| 1966 | 349 | #504 |
| 1965 | 391 | #480 |
| 1964 | 387 | #496 |
| 1963 | 336 | #530 |
| 1962 | 345 | #525 |
| 1961 | 243 | #658 |
| 1960 | 213 | #697 |
| 1959 | 178 | #762 |
| 1958 | 143 | #856 |
| 1957 | 138 | #864 |
| 1956 | 122 | #907 |
| 1955 | 100 | #998 |
| 1954 | 118 | #883 |
| 1953 | 88 | #1,025 |
| 1952 | 92 | #982 |
| 1951 | 100 | #913 |
| 1950 | 89 | #947 |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,164 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,866 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Shellie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shellie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shellie, updated 20 October 2026.