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Shelli

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Shelli is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 485th, in 1968.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1968396 births
Best rank
#485in 1968
Since 1945
6,983people given the name
Babies named Shelli, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

6,983 girls have been named Shelli in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 396 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 396 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 46%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Shelli
1940s37
1950s544
1960s3,217
1970s2,149
1980s769
1990s216
2000s44
2010s7

In 1968, its biggest year

Shelli was the 485th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.

Names that rose and fell with Shelli

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.