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Shelby
Recorded 165,279 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 1991.
#1197 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 6,836
U.S. · 2025 records
Rare gem
rarity tier
≈150,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Shelbys are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 150,000 Shelbys are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 2,300 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Shelby through the years, 1880–2025

1991 · 10,744 10,744 0
18802025
Peak Shelby year: 1991 (ringed), with 10,744 recorded. Current usage: ~92% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.