Shelli is a girl name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Shelli means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Shelli across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Shelli has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Shelli is a girl name of Old English origin meaning “meadow on a ledge”. A variant of Shelley.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 6,983 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Shelli per year, United States (1945 to 2010). United States peaked in 1968 (396/yr).
Shelli has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1968, when it ranked #862 nationally (given to 396 babies that year).
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