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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| 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.
Where Shirlee is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#195 · 1 in 1,001
- Iowa#296 · 1 in 3,287
- Illinois#491 · 1 in 7,033
- California#494 · 1 in 5,547
- Pennsylvania#542 · 1 in 10,714
Best ever in a state: #98 in Utah, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #195 | 5 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Iowa | #296 | 6 | 1 in 3,287 |
| Illinois | #491 | 8 | 1 in 7,033 |
| California | #494 | 9 | 1 in 5,547 |
| Pennsylvania | #542 | 7 | 1 in 10,714 |
| Ohio | #547 | 5 | 1 in 10,541 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 12,165 of them was named Shirlee, which outranked 85.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).