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The name Shelby is of English origin, and means village on the ledge. The table below indicates the number of times the name Shelby has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Shelby**
Use of the Name Shelby for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
14,947	8,666	4,879	1,175	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Shelby has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Shelby**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	738	8
1881	560	11
1882	538	13
1883	716	8
1884	484	16
1885	633	10
1886	688	9
1887	482	14
1888	523	15
1889	623	11
1890	625	11
1891	947	6
1892	459	19
1893	645	11
1894	561	14
1895	524	16
1896	587	14
1897	580	14
1898	433	22
1899	477	17
1900	554	20
1901	556	14
1902	732	11
1903	521	18
1904	717	12
1905	566	18
1906	418	28
1907	732	14
1908	438	31
1909	516	26
1910	533	29
1911	561	30
1912	592	48
1913	774	38
1914	537	84
1915	610	90
1916	579	100
1917	537	118
1918	576	113
1919	496	144
1920	503	145
1921	539	135
1922	562	129
1923	549	127
1924	614	109
1925	542	130
1926	563	119
1927	558	123
1928	637	96
1929	574	109
1930	571	111
1931	560	111
1932	585	103
1933	528	116
1934	498	134
1935	526	121	837	68
1936	464	149	178	1,074
1937	385	204	119	1,990
1938	388	212	142	1,715
1939	398	204	170	1,165
1940	435	178	187	1,005
1941	459	166	213	828
1942	483	160	279	600
1943	448	200	316	484
1944	475	163	369	363
1945	493	150	386	334
1946	496	169	383	397
1947	559	145	424	371
1948	527	159	505	261
1949	549	148	526	245
1950	568	142	521	248
1951	531	162	554	233
1952	610	134	573	229
1953	647	121	531	262
1954	598	152	506	309
1955	601	150	490	345
1956	653	134	507	343
1957	682	125	494	367
1958	669	128	487	384
1959	666	133	517	355
1960	622	157	559	308
1961	679	130	494	386
1962	710	118	504	368
1963	675	135	506	370
1964	713	118	554	318
1965	700	113	579	273
1966	600	155	537	308
1967	660	129	555	289
1968	634	143	539	318
1969	591	174	548	326
1970	646	159	500	398
1971	604	190	392	556
1972	604	173	318	754
1973	610	170	328	676
1974	589	182	299	800
1975	575	197	309	744
1976	613	176	366	575
1977	615	187	383	553
1978	647	167	421	480
1979	722	144	473	428
1980	759	133	446	479
1981	750	135	424	512
1982	790	125	480	435
1983	685	157	351	641
1984	721	145	242	1,041
1985	658	178	281	884
1986	691	172	276	899
1987	685	176	273	894
1988	689	184	283	884
1989	695	205	229	1,204
1990	524	355	100	3,518
1991	427	524	33	10,211
1992	476	451	34	9,390
1993	512	403	36	8,123
1994	538	361	40	7,543
1995	554	335	38	7,631
1996	590	305	35	7,944
1997	751	199	43	6,692
1998	886	165	49	5,893
1999	883	171	62	5,012
2000			70	4,551
2001			68	4,357
2002			74	3,956
2003			94	3,517
2004			112	2,948
Totals:		14,947		122,362

During the last 125 years, parents have used Shelby as a boy's name about 10% of the time and more frequently (about 89% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Shelby appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 120 times during the last 125 years.

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