Shirlee
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 340 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,709since 1915
Shirlee over time
Rank among girls' names. Shirlee has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,542 | 52 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 72 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,058 | 93 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 68 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,100 | 73 | — | |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 | — | |
| 1950 | #945 | 90 | — | |
| 1949 | #859 | 104 | — | |
| 1948 | #885 | 96 | — | |
| 1947 | #810 | 116 | — | |
| 1946 | #771 | 113 | — | |
| 1945 | #762 | 97 | — | |
| 1944 | #774 | 97 | — | |
| 1943 | #699 | 119 | — | |
| 1942 | #695 | 115 | — | |
| 1941 | #707 | 98 | — | |
| 1940 | #718 | 94 | — | |
| 1939 | #589 | 129 | — | |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 | — | |
| 1937 | #532 | 155 | — | |
| 1936 | #460 | 195 | — | |
| 1935 | #346 | 340 | — | |
| 1934 | #451 | 209 | — | |
| 1933 | #563 | 129 | — | |
| 1932 | #598 | 121 | — | |
| 1931 | #554 | 139 | — | |
| 1930 | #560 | 147 | — | |
| 1929 | #561 | 148 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #531 | 172 | — | |
| 1927 | #517 | 185 | — | |
| 1926 | #520 | 181 | — | |
| 1925 | #526 | 183 | — | |
| 1924 | #513 | 194 | — | |
| 1923 | #554 | 170 | — | |
| 1922 | #678 | 115 | — | |
| 1921 | #766 | 91 | — | |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Shirlee! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shirlee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1920 (#1,121 → #885)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1952 (#882 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1935 at #346 (340 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1920–1951
- Highest: 1 in 3,084 girls born in 1935 were named Shirlee (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 29.5% of all girls named Shirlee (1,685) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 103 | #1,121 (1919) | #2,302 |
| 1920s | 1,506 | #513 (1924) | #605 |
| 1930s | 1,685 | #346 (1935) | #527 |
| 1940s | 1,049 | #695 (1942) | #768 |
| 1950s | 786 | #882 (1951) | #1,132 |
| 1960s | 332 | #1,542 (1960) | #2,178 |
| 1970s | 105 | #2,856 (1970) | #5,777 |
| 1980s | 82 | #4,966 (1984) | #7,305 |
| 1990s | 41 | #8,812 (1996) | #10,811 |
| 2000s | 15 | #15,352 (2001) | #16,831 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,293 (2024) | #15,293 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shirlee in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 7,544 of them was named Shirlee, which outranked 89.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Shirlee, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.