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Is Shelby a Male or Female Name?

Shelby is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shelby globally is 9.2% males and 90.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 8.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is United Kingdom with 97.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shelby in percentages: Globally: 9.2% males, 90.8% females, United States: 8.3% males, 91.7% females, Canada: 8.1% males, 91.9% females, United Kingdom: 2.1% males, 97.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shelby are 25-34 years old, making up 31.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 35-44.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shelby in each age group: 18-24: 25.5%, 25-34: 31.5%, 35-44: 7.4%, 45-54: 9.0%, 55-64: 8.6%, 65+: 17.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shelby is United States with 0.0365% of the population. Following is Canada and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shelby measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shelby year over year: 1956: 0.0017‰, 1957: 0.0016‰, 1958: 0.0013‰, 1959: 0.0016‰, 1960: 0.001‰, 1961: 0.0014‰, 1962: 0.0008‰, 1963: 0.0016‰, 1964: 0.0014‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0011‰, 1967: 0.0014‰, 1968: 0.0012‰, 1969: 0.0011‰, 1970: 0.0013‰, 1971: 0.0012‰, 1972: 0.0015‰, 1973: 0.0016‰, 1974: 0.0016‰, 1975: 0.0011‰, 1976: 0.0015‰, 1977: 0.0009‰, 1978: 0.0007‰, 1979: 0.0012‰, 1980: 0.0008‰, 1981: 0.0009‰, 1982: 0.0011‰, 1983: 0.0011‰, 1984: 0.0012‰, 1985: 0.0012‰, 1986: 0.001‰, 1987: 0.0011‰, 1988: 0.0008‰, 1989: 0.0009‰, 1990: 0.0018‰, 1991: 0.0043‰, 1992: 0.0052‰, 1993: 0.006‰, 1994: 0.0047‰, 1995: 0.0091‰, 1996: 0.005‰, 1997: 0.0049‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.004‰, 2000: 0.0038‰

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