The Shively surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,000 people carried this name — #5,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,017).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shively surname

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Schäublin or Scheublin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shively» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

18 families named Shively, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 111 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Shively, Sheibley, Shibley, Shiebley, Shiveley. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 13
Maryland 4
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shively in American newspapers,
1877–1916.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Shively
Evening Star 1916-03-15
Newspaper page from Bonners Ferry Herald carrying the name Shively
Bonners Ferry Herald 1915-08-06
Newspaper page from The New North-west carrying the name Shively
The New North-west 1877-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Shively in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1940s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shively. The most, 12, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 23
Queensland 4
South Australia 3
New South Wales 2
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shively.

Who carried it

People named Shively,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin F. Shively
    Benjamin F. Shively 1857–1916 · lawyer
  • Bion Shively 1878–1970 · horse trainer
  • Bernard Bobbs Shively 1881–1969 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shively,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States391 records

391 records of the Shively name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 280
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 85
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl D. Shively

    Born 1924 in Colorado. Enlisted 1943 at Denver; draftsman from Denver County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Glendale Cemetery, Vernon, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Dennis Carl Shively

    Born 1948; from Coos Bay, Oregon. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ray Shively

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1964; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 391 records for Shively in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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