The Stelly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,854 people carried this name — #8,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,749 in 2000.

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In print

Stelly in American newspapers,
1885–1919.

Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Stelly
The Frontier 1885-10-29
Newspaper page from St. Paul Daily Globe carrying the name Stelly
St. Paul Daily Globe 1885-10-15
Newspaper page from Svět = World carrying the name Stelly
Svět = World 1919-04-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 139,970 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stelly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Werner Stelly 1909–1997 · author

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stelly,
in the records of 3 countries.

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 States90 records

90 records of the Stelly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 60
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard Stelly

    Born 1903 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Stelly

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Polaria from Hamburg, aged 25; shoemaker. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George B. Stelly

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1994; buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

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

Showing 3 of 90 records for Stelly in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany13 records

13 records of the Stelly name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Stelly

    From Altona. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 May 1915; then reported missing in the list of 29 September 1916; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 2 November 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 31).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Albert Stelly

    From Kl. Struckholdt, Hamburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 September 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 84).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 13 records for Stelly in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France5 records

5 records of the Stelly name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Georges Stelly

    Born 1911 in Pulligny; died 1998 in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Helene Julienne Stelly

    Born 1907 in Paris; died 1985 in Gonesse (Val-d'Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Albert Andre Stelly

    Born 1915 in Pulligny; died 1998 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Stelly in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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