Girl
Shelly
The name Shelly carries the meaning "Also diminutive of Rochelle, little rock". It belongs mostly to the 1960s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The registry counts around 86,319 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
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