Shelby

Population Statistics for Shelby

Shelby is generally used as a girls' name, but it is used for boys 10.48 percent of the time.

Total* Population in Top 1000: 142677 (10.48% male, 89.52% female) [source]

Popularity of the name Shelby for Boys

First Year in the Top 1000: 1880 (earliest year for which we have data)

Last Year in the Top 1000: 1999

Average Age: 63.69

Highest Percentage: 0.028% in 1991

Best Rank: #385 (in 1937)

Represented in the Top 1000 names in: 120 of 127 years (94.49%)

Total* Male Population in Top 1000: 14947

Popularity of the name Shelby for Girls

First Year in the Top 1000: 1935

Last Year in the Top 1000: 2006 (latest year for which we have data)

Average Age: 35.93

Highest Percentage: 0.653% in 1991

Best Rank: #33 (in 1991)

Represented in the Top 1000 names in: 72 of 127 years (56.69%)

Total* Female Population in Top 1000: 127730

Percentage Of Babies Named Shelby

Note: Only names in the Top 1000 for each year are represented. [source] Values are normalized for boys and girls to compare trends (vertical scales differ for boys and girls).

Age Distribution of Shelby

About these totals.

Male Population under 60: 7456 (5.23%)

Male Population under 50: 5932 (4.16%)

Male Population under 40: 4329 (3.03%)

Male Population under 30: 1536 (1.08%)

Male Population under 20: 0 (0.00%)

Male Population under 10: 0 (0.00%)

Female Population under 60: 112323 (78.73%)

Female Population under 50: 108107 (75.77%)

Female Population under 40: 102460 (71.81%)

Female Population under 30: 65412 (45.85%)

Female Population under 20: 8316 (5.83%)

Names Similar to Shelby

Similar Male Names

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Fairly Similar Male Names

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Roughly Similar Male Names

Silvio

Loosely Similar Male Names

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Similar Female Names

Shelba

Shelbi

Shelbie

Fairly Similar Female Names

Shelba

Shelbi

Shelbie

Roughly Similar Female Names

Shelba Shelbi Shelbie

Shelva Shelvia Shelvie

Silvia Sylva Sylvia

Loosely Similar Female Names

Shelba

Shelbi

Shelbie

Anagrams of "Shelby"

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Names Using All Letters of, and Only Letters in "Shelby"

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Names Using Only Letters In "Shelby"

Bebe Bee Bell Belle Bess Besse

Ebb Elby Ell Elle Else Ely

Elyse Esley Le Lee Les Leslee

Lesley Lesly Less Lyle Shelley Shelly

Syble Yee

Names Using All Letters In "Shelby"

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Males Named "Shelby" by Year

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Year	Rank	Pop	%
1880	#738	8	0.01%
1881	#560	11	0.01%
1882	#538	13	0.01%
1883	#716	8	0.01%
1884	#484	16	0.01%
1885	#633	10	0.01%
1886	#688	9	0.01%
1887	#482	14	0.01%
1888	#523	15	0.01%
1889	#623	11	0.01%
1890	#625	11	0.01%
1891	#947	6	0.01%
1892	#459	19	0.02%
1893	#645	11	0.01%
1894	#561	14	0.01%
1895	#524	16	0.01%
1896	#587	14	0.01%
1897	#580	14	0.01%
1898	#433	22	0.02%
1899	#477	17	0.02%
1900	#554	20	0.01%
1901	#556	14	0.01%
1902	#732	11	0.01%
1903	#521	18	0.02%
1904	#717	12	0.01%
1905	#566	18	0.01%
1906	#418	28	0.02%
1907	#732	14	0.01%
1908	#438	31	0.02%
1909	#516	26	0.02%
1910	#533	29	0.02%
1911	#561	30	0.01%
1912	#592	48	0.01%
1913	#774	38	0.01%
1914	#537	84	0.01%
1915	#610	90	0.01%
1916	#579	100	0.01%
1917	#537	118	0.01%
1918	#576	113	0.01%
1919	#496	144	0.02%
1920	#503	145	0.01%
1921	#539	135	0.01%
1922	#562	129	0.01%
1923	#549	127	0.01%
1924	#614	109	0.01%
1925	#542	130	0.01%
1926	#563	119	0.01%
1927	#558	123	0.01%
1928	#637	96	0.01%
1929	#574	109	0.01%
1930	#571	111	0.01%
1931	#560	111	0.01%
1932	#585	103	0.01%
1933	#528	116	0.01%
1934	#498	134	0.01%
1935	#526	121	0.01%
1936	#464	149	0.01%
1937	#385	204	0.02%
1938	#388	212	0.02%
1939	#398	204	0.02%
1940	#435	178	0.02%
1941	#459	166	0.01%
1942	#483	160	0.01%
1943	#448	200	0.01%
1944	#475	163	0.01%
1945	#493	150	0.01%
1946	#496	169	0.01%
1947	#559	145	0.01%
1948	#527	159	0.01%
1949	#549	148	0.01%
1950	#568	142	0.01%
1951	#531	162	0.01%
1952	#610	134	0.01%
1953	#647	121	0.01%
1954	#598	152	0.01%
1955	#601	150	0.01%
1956	#653	134	0.01%
1957	#682	125	0.01%
1958	#669	128	0.01%
1959	#666	133	0.01%
1960	#622	157	0.01%
1961	#679	130	0.01%
1962	#710	118	0.01%
1963	#675	135	0.01%
1964	#713	118	0.01%
1965	#700	113	0.01%
1966	#600	155	0.01%
1967	#660	129	0.01%
1968	#634	143	0.01%
1969	#591	174	0.01%
1970	#646	159	0.01%
1971	#604	190	0.01%
1972	#604	173	0.01%
1973	#610	170	0.01%
1974	#589	182	0.01%
1975	#575	197	0.01%
1976	#613	176	0.01%
1977	#615	187	0.01%
1978	#647	167	0.01%
1979	#722	144	0.01%
1980	#759	133	0.01%
1981	#750	135	0.01%
1982	#790	125	0.01%
1983	#685	157	0.01%
1984	#721	145	0.01%
1985	#658	178	0.01%
1986	#691	172	0.01%
1987	#685	176	0.01%
1988	#689	184	0.01%
1989	#695	205	0.01%
1990	#524	355	0.02%
1991	#427	524	0.03%
1992	#476	451	0.02%
1993	#512	403	0.02%
1994	#538	361	0.02%
1995	#554	335	0.02%
1996	#590	305	0.02%
1997	#751	199	0.01%
1998	#886	165	0.01%
1999	#883	171	0.01%

Females Named "Shelby" by Year

About these figures.

Year	Rank	Pop	%
1935	#837	68	0.01%
1936	#178	1074	0.11%
1937	#119	1990	0.20%
1938	#142	1715	0.16%
1939	#170	1165	0.11%
1940	#187	1005	0.09%
1941	#213	828	0.07%
1942	#279	600	0.05%
1943	#316	484	0.04%
1944	#369	363	0.03%
1945	#386	334	0.03%
1946	#383	397	0.03%
1947	#424	371	0.02%
1948	#505	261	0.02%
1949	#526	245	0.02%
1950	#521	248	0.02%
1951	#554	233	0.01%
1952	#573	229	0.01%
1953	#531	262	0.01%
1954	#506	309	0.02%
1955	#490	345	0.02%
1956	#507	343	0.02%
1957	#494	367	0.02%
1958	#487	384	0.02%
1959	#517	355	0.02%
1960	#559	308	0.02%
1961	#494	386	0.02%
1962	#504	368	0.02%
1963	#506	370	0.02%
1964	#554	318	0.02%
1965	#579	273	0.02%
1966	#537	308	0.02%
1967	#555	289	0.02%
1968	#539	318	0.02%
1969	#548	326	0.02%
1970	#500	398	0.03%
1971	#392	556	0.04%
1972	#318	754	0.06%
1973	#328	676	0.05%
1974	#299	800	0.06%
1975	#309	744	0.06%
1976	#366	575	0.04%
1977	#383	553	0.04%
1978	#421	480	0.04%
1979	#473	428	0.03%
1980	#446	479	0.03%
1981	#424	512	0.04%
1982	#480	435	0.03%
1983	#351	641	0.04%
1984	#242	1041	0.07%
1985	#281	884	0.06%
1986	#276	899	0.06%
1987	#273	894	0.06%
1988	#283	884	0.06%
1989	#229	1204	0.08%
1990	#100	3518	0.22%
1991	#33	10211	0.65%
1992	#34	9390	0.61%
1993	#36	8123	0.54%
1994	#40	7543	0.51%
1995	#38	7631	0.53%
1996	#35	7944	0.56%
1997	#43	6692	0.47%
1998	#49	5893	0.41%
1999	#62	5012	0.35%
2000	#70	4551	0.32%
2001	#68	4357	0.31%
2002	#74	3956	0.28%
2003	#94	3517	0.25%
2004	#112	2948	0.21%
2005	#117	2786	0.20%
2006	#133	2582	0.18%

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Shelby

Population Statistics for Shelby

Popularity of the name Shelby for Boys

Popularity of the name Shelby for Girls

Percentage Of Babies Named Shelby

Age Distribution of Shelby

Names Similar to Shelby

Similar Male Names

Fairly Similar Male Names

Roughly Similar Male Names

Loosely Similar Male Names

Similar Female Names

Fairly Similar Female Names

Roughly Similar Female Names

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Anagrams of "Shelby"

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Names Using All Letters In "Shelby"

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