Girl
Shelly
Shelly is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1960s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyDiminutive of Michelle – "who is like God"
EtymologyAlso diminutive of Rochelle – "little rock"
Births by decade
1900s
50
1910s
131
1920s
288
1930s
437
1940s
1,063
1950s
9,157
1960s
36,025
1970s
25,825
1980s
9,181
1990s
2,765
2000s
1,036
2010s
361
Peaked in the 1960s · 86,319 total U.S. births since 1900