Shelly
Girl · SHEL-ee · English
Shelly is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “clearing on a slope”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Shelly mean?
English: English surname from a place name; also a pet form of Michelle
“clearing on a slope”
The surname of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
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Is Shelly a girl's or a boy's name?
Shelly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shelly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Shelly, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shelly in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Shelly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Shelly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Shelly, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1964, with 4,080 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Shelly in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1923, 22% of the babies named Shelly in the US were girls. By 2007 it was 94%, with more girls than boys since 1937.
Shelly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,789 |
| 2004 | 100 | #1,882 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,675 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 125 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 147 | #1,299 |
| 1999 | 158 | #1,204 |
| 1998 | 168 | #1,128 |
| 1997 | 166 | #1,128 |
| 1996 | 217 | #903 |
| 1995 | 240 | #818 |
| 1994 | 281 | #737 |
| 1993 | 307 | #697 |
| 1992 | 348 | #647 |
| 1991 | 434 | #538 |
| 1990 | 413 | #563 |
| 1989 | 466 | #504 |
| 1988 | 537 | #429 |
| 1987 | 629 | #371 |
| 1986 | 744 | #325 |
| 1985 | 885 | #281 |
| 1984 | 949 | #258 |
| 1983 | 1,073 | #230 |
| 1982 | 1,137 | #226 |
| 1981 | 1,228 | #212 |
| 1980 | 1,451 | #186 |
| 1979 | 1,456 | #182 |
| 1978 | 1,501 | #175 |
| 1977 | 1,848 | #151 |
| 1976 | 1,861 | #145 |
| 1975 | 2,484 | #113 |
| 1974 | 2,797 | #107 |
| 1973 | 2,910 | #104 |
| 1972 | 3,288 | #94 |
| 1971 | 3,637 | #103 |
| 1970 | 3,751 | #103 |
| 1969 | 3,676 | #102 |
| 1968 | 3,595 | #98 |
| 1967 | 3,648 | #94 |
| 1966 | 3,856 | #89 |
| 1965 | 3,850 | #98 |
| 1964 | 4,080 | #101 |
| 1963 | 3,790 | #117 |
| 1962 | 3,480 | #130 |
| 1961 | 2,994 | #145 |
| 1960 | 2,692 | #157 |
| 1959 | 1,883 | #188 |
| 1958 | 1,379 | #221 |
| 1957 | 1,210 | #244 |
| 1956 | 929 | #291 |
| 1955 | 786 | #306 |
| 1954 | 759 | #306 |
| 1953 | 571 | #355 |
| 1952 | 538 | #354 |
| 1951 | 407 | #414 |
| 1950 | 333 | #439 |
| 1949 | 181 | #614 |
| 1948 | 102 | #862 |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,030 |
| 1946 | 71 | #996 |
| 1945 | 74 | #873 |
| 1944 | 52 | #1,078 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 |
| 1942 | 57 | #1,037 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
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