Name meaning & stats
Shelby
Shelby means “willow farm”. 155,122 US babies since 1940, peak 1991.
What it means
“willow farm”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1991
155,122 US babies were named Shelby between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Shelby (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1991)