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Is Shelley a Male or Female Name?

Shelley is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shelley globally is 0.3% males and 99.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United Kingdom with 0.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shelley in percentages: Globally: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United States: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, United Kingdom: 0.5% males, 99.5% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, South Africa: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, New Zealand: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, China: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Netherlands: 0.4% males, 99.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shelley are 65+ years old, making up 40.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shelley in each age group: 25-34: 5.5%, 35-44: 6.8%, 45-54: 15.5%, 55-64: 31.9%, 65+: 40.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shelley is New Zealand with 0.0921% of the population. Following is Canada and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shelley year over year: 1956: 0.0104‰, 1957: 0.011‰, 1958: 0.0085‰, 1959: 0.0098‰, 1960: 0.0083‰, 1961: 0.0123‰, 1962: 0.0093‰, 1963: 0.0098‰, 1964: 0.0079‰, 1965: 0.0085‰, 1966: 0.0077‰, 1967: 0.0081‰, 1968: 0.0066‰, 1969: 0.0071‰, 1970: 0.0052‰, 1971: 0.0072‰, 1972: 0.0047‰, 1973: 0.0055‰, 1974: 0.0052‰, 1975: 0.0041‰, 1976: 0.0032‰, 1977: 0.0024‰, 1978: 0.0027‰, 1979: 0.0027‰, 1980: 0.0023‰, 1981: 0.0025‰, 1982: 0.0018‰, 1983: 0.002‰, 1984: 0.0018‰, 1985: 0.0018‰, 1986: 0.0016‰, 1987: 0.0013‰, 1988: 0.0015‰, 1989: 0.0015‰, 1990: 0.0011‰, 1991: 0.0018‰, 1992: 0.002‰, 1993: 0.0014‰, 1994: 0.0012‰, 1995: 0.0011‰, 1996: 0.0012‰, 1997: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0006‰, 1999: 0.0007‰

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