Shelley
Girl nameShelley has been given to 74,339 babies in the U.S. since 1892. It peaked in 1964.
Meaning & origin /ˈʃɛli/
From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
74,339
Peak year
1964 (2,845 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1892
10-year trend
0%
Gender split
98% girls / 2% boys
Famous people named Shelley
Shelley Duvall
American actress (1949–2024)
Shelley Winters
American actress (1920–2006)
Shelley Long
American actress and comedian (born 1949)
Shelley Hennig
American actress and model (born 1987)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Shelley.
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