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Girl's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: falling fast

ShellyIn Hebrew: שלי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שֶׁלִּי

Shelly (Hebrew: שלי) is a girl's name of mixed origin. 8,493 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 19 girls and ranked #490. Its peak year was 1996, with 259 babies.

People in Israel
8,493
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
19
rank #490
Peak year
1996
259 babies
USA, 2025
21
rank #5,722

Writing and saying Shelly

In Hebrew letters the name is שלי, read right to left. Shelly is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Shelly by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Shelly: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Shelly in English-speaking countries

Shelly in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202521#5,7221964 (4,080)
United Kingdom20253#5,9901997 (26)
England and Wales20253#5,9251997 (21)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Shelly has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Shelly

How do you write Shelly in Hebrew?

Shelly is written שלי in Hebrew (with vowel points: שֶׁלִּי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Shelly?

8,493 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שלי: 8,426 women and 67 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Shelly a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.2% of the people named שלי are women.

Is Shelly used outside Israel?

The name Shelly appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 21 girls were given it in 2025 (#5,722), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 3 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.