Shelley

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch
Shelley first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 8 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 44 babies (rank #114 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Shelley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Shelley yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

242
Total babies (all years)
8
Years in the data
44
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196244#114
196340#117
196536#114
196638#114
197643#111
198139#114
20141#2,541
20171#2,492