How rare is the last name Shelley?

13,694 people in the United States have the last name Shelley, about 1 in 21,827. It ranks #2,577 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

SHELLEY

#2,577

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,694
About
1 in 21,827
This common or more
50.8%
Who bears it

Of the 13,694 people with the last name Shelley, 81.7% reported their origin as White, 9.9% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Shelley

1 other last name also has 13,694 people.

#2,577 Pederson · 13,694

Either side of Shelley

#2,576 Beam · 13,696#2,577 Pederson · 13,694#2,579 Alcantara · 13,687#2,580 Barbour · 13,686

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shelley, most common first.

#2,894 Shell · 12,127#6,852 Shelly · 4,726#7,381 Shealy · 4,355#13,843 Sheely · 2,091#15,607 Sheeley · 1,802#18,580 Sheley · 1,467#20,396 Shealey · 1,316#23,232 Shawley · 1,129

Also a first name

As a first name, Shelley ranks #774 of 53,615, with 64,253 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1964, with 2,845 births. See Shelley as a first name

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