Shelli

Girl · recorded 1945–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1945

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Shelli, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19455
19463
19476
19484
19495
195010
195115
195216
195320
195424
195523
195624
195734
195850
195961
196094
1961114
1962143
1963187
1964204
1965176
1966197
1967223
1968241
1969214
1970184
1971219
1972194
1973158
1974144
1975127
197691
197799
197887
197977
198079
198156
198264
198359
198439
198547
198637
198727
198826
198918
199019
199122
199217
199318
199410
19956
19969
19973
19987
19997
20003
20016
20024
20035
20043
20073
20104

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shelli isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
7
Rank in 2010
#13,448
How rare
1 in 253,942 girls
Since 1945
6,983

Shelli was last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1968, at 241 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shelli doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.