Shell
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1965
16 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
311
since 1951
Born a Shell? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shell was most popular in 1965, when 16 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shell in 2025. Not recorded since 1986.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6258 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 11 | 4810 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 8 | 5818 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 9 | 4625 | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | 12 | 3740 | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | 16 | 3149 | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | 9 | 4636 | 11 | 2546 |
| 1963 | 15 | 3336 | 16 | 2044 |
| 1962 | 9 | 4533 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 12 | 3793 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 12 | 3688 | 11 | 2535 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | 12 | 2414 |
| 1958 | 7 | 4890 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | 4226 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | 4483 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | <5 | — |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 64% · boys 36% across all years