Shelby

What Shelby means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Shelby yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Shelby?

US: Falling: down from #299 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #745 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1991, when 10,220 girls got the name (#33 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

• About 1 in 3,620 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,332 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.97 per 1,000 girls), TN (0.84 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.82 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Shelby is #649 in the US and #872 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.5% of US babies named Shelby were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Shelbi13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Shelby

Girls

• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025

For a brother

• Dillon#929Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Cody#318Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 19,876 babies; 1,076 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Shelby’s. Rank is US 2025.