The baby name Shelby appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1991 with 12,822 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Shelby has become more popular compared with earlier years.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 12 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1913 | 19 |
| 1914 | 53 |
| 1915 | 60 |
| 1916 | 89 |
| 1917 | 153 |
| 1918 | 153 |
| 1919 | 180 |
| 1920 | 188 |
| 1921 | 171 |
| 1922 | 164 |
| 1923 | 168 |
| 1924 | 139 |
| 1925 | 177 |
| 1926 | 144 |
| 1927 | 117 |
| 1928 | 65 |
| 1929 | 91 |
| 1930 | 93 |
| 1931 | 72 |
| 1932 | 108 |
| 1933 | 119 |
| 1934 | 137 |
| 1935 | 43 |
| 1935 | 141 |
| 1936 | 1,854 |
| 1936 | 176 |
| 1937 | 3,461 |
| 1937 | 253 |
| 1938 | 2,899 |
| 1938 | 278 |
| 1939 | 1,449 |
| 1939 | 287 |
| 1940 | 1,264 |
| 1940 | 202 |
| 1941 | 908 |
| 1941 | 177 |
| 1942 | 733 |
| 1942 | 168 |
| 1943 | 583 |
| 1943 | 202 |
| 1944 | 418 |
| 1944 | 145 |
| 1945 | 355 |
| 1945 | 125 |
| 1946 | 486 |
| 1946 | 140 |
| 1947 | 423 |
| 1947 | 109 |
| 1948 | 310 |
| 1948 | 143 |
| 1949 | 289 |
| 1949 | 133 |
| 1950 | 282 |
| 1950 | 118 |
| 1951 | 270 |
| 1951 | 173 |
| 1952 | 241 |
| 1952 | 103 |
| 1953 | 311 |
| 1953 | 102 |
| 1954 | 379 |
| 1954 | 136 |
| 1955 | 407 |
| 1955 | 160 |
| 1956 | 420 |
| 1956 | 157 |
| 1957 | 432 |
| 1957 | 139 |
| 1958 | 450 |
| 1958 | 141 |
| 1959 | 431 |
| 1959 | 144 |
| 1960 | 367 |
| 1960 | 117 |
| 1961 | 429 |
| 1961 | 89 |
| 1962 | 381 |
| 1962 | 94 |
| 1963 | 324 |
| 1963 | 114 |
| 1964 | 318 |
| 1964 | 68 |
| 1965 | 306 |
| 1965 | 83 |
| 1966 | 300 |
| 1966 | 151 |
| 1967 | 328 |
| 1967 | 111 |
| 1968 | 364 |
| 1968 | 136 |
| 1969 | 345 |
| 1969 | 153 |
| 1970 | 496 |
| 1970 | 142 |
| 1971 | 677 |
| 1971 | 148 |
| 1972 | 850 |
| 1972 | 140 |
| 1973 | 750 |
| 1973 | 143 |
| 1974 | 933 |
| 1974 | 182 |
| 1975 | 864 |
| 1975 | 146 |
| 1976 | 653 |
| 1976 | 188 |
| 1977 | 641 |
| 1977 | 198 |
| 1978 | 518 |
| 1978 | 115 |
| 1979 | 436 |
| 1979 | 122 |
| 1980 | 486 |
| 1980 | 71 |
| 1981 | 547 |
| 1981 | 84 |
| 1982 | 450 |
| 1982 | 56 |
| 1983 | 682 |
| 1983 | 83 |
| 1984 | 1,186 |
| 1984 | 92 |
| 1985 | 1,022 |
| 1985 | 170 |
| 1986 | 1,108 |
| 1986 | 119 |
| 1987 | 1,104 |
| 1987 | 141 |
| 1988 | 1,118 |
| 1988 | 144 |
| 1989 | 1,582 |
| 1989 | 146 |
| 1990 | 3,813 |
| 1990 | 338 |
| 1991 | 12,822 |
| 1991 | 567 |
| 1992 | 11,467 |
| 1992 | 509 |
| 1993 | 8,813 |
| 1993 | 446 |
| 1994 | 9,005 |
| 1994 | 375 |
| 1995 | 8,631 |
| 1995 | 336 |
| 1996 | 9,513 |
| 1996 | 298 |
| 1997 | 8,152 |
| 1997 | 146 |
| 1998 | 7,813 |
| 1998 | 133 |
| 1999 | 5,606 |
| 1999 | 107 |
| 2000 | 5,231 |
| 2000 | 80 |
| 2001 | 4,896 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2002 | 4,391 |
| 2002 | 40 |
| 2003 | 3,897 |
| 2003 | 40 |
| 2004 | 4,031 |
| 2004 | 60 |
| 2005 | 3,845 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 3,442 |
| 2006 | 32 |
| 2007 | 3,069 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 2,708 |
| 2008 | 54 |
| 2009 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1,894 |
| 2011 | 1,864 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 1,738 |
| 2013 | 1,353 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 1,188 |
| 2015 | 1,231 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 1,178 |
| 2017 | 928 |
| 2018 | 752 |
| 2019 | 704 |
| 2020 | 641 |
| 2021 | 573 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 567 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 479 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 488 |
| 2024 | 11 |