Shirlene
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 156 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,856since 1923
Shirlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Shirlene has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,619 | 58 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 |
| 1965 | #939 | 118 |
| 1964 | #955 | 121 |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 |
| 1962 | #978 | 119 |
| 1961 | #997 | 118 |
| 1960 | #965 | 123 |
| 1959 | #988 | 115 |
| 1958 | #925 | 124 |
| 1957 | #851 | 142 |
| 1956 | #782 | 159 |
| 1955 | #879 | 122 |
| 1954 | #775 | 146 |
| 1953 | #849 | 120 |
| 1952 | #770 | 134 |
| 1951 | #753 | 136 |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 |
| 1949 | #729 | 135 |
| 1948 | #777 | 122 |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 |
| 1946 | #781 | 111 |
| 1945 | #762 | 97 |
| 1944 | #888 | 74 |
| 1943 | #824 | 89 |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 |
| 1941 | #786 | 84 |
| 1940 | #660 | 110 |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 |
| 1938 | #633 | 118 |
| 1937 | #631 | 115 |
| 1936 | #520 | 156 |
| 1935 | #638 | 104 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #1,008 | 47 |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shirlene! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shirlene is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#218 · 1 in 1,235
- Kentucky#334 · 1 in 3,300
- Georgia#406 · 1 in 4,369
- North Carolina#545 · 1 in 8,732
- Illinois#701 · 1 in 14,715
Best ever in a state: #65 in Utah, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #218 | 7 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Kentucky | #334 | 11 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Georgia | #406 | 10 | 1 in 4,369 |
| North Carolina | #545 | 6 | 1 in 8,732 |
| Illinois | #701 | 6 | 1 in 14,715 |
| Ohio | #722 | 5 | 1 in 18,022 |
| California | #820 | 8 | 1 in 14,111 |
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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 Shirlene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1935 (#925 → #638)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1966 (#939 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1936 at #520 (156 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1934–1965
- Highest: 1 in 6,669 girls born in 1936 were named Shirlene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 355,519 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 27.9% of all girls named Shirlene (1,356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 75 | #1,766 (1929) | #2,937 |
| 1930s | 818 | #520 (1936) | #906 |
| 1940s | 1,022 | #660 (1940) | #784 |
| 1950s | 1,356 | #675 (1950) | #825 |
| 1960s | 1,039 | #939 (1965) | #1,068 |
| 1970s | 301 | #1,619 (1970) | #2,772 |
| 1980s | 146 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,442 |
| 1990s | 67 | #5,004 (1991) | #10,417 |
| 2000s | 27 | #12,056 (2001) | #15,722 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,992 (2010) | #16,992 |
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.
Shirlene in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
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1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 16,415 of them was named Shirlene, which outranked 86.2% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #838Kristi109
- #838Pennie109
- #838Roselyn109
- #842Shirlene108
- #842Alene108
- #842Deidre108
- #842Janey108
- #848Kathlyn107
- #848Marlyn107
- #848Marylin107
Tied with 5 names at #842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.