Shirlie
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,288since 1911
Shirlie over time
Rank among girls' names. Shirlie has never cracked the top 800 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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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,250 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,039 | 45 |
| 1935 | #892 | 60 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,243 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 39 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 |
| 1926 | #980 | 58 |
| 1925 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shirlie! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shirlie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1935 (#1,236 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 298 spots in 1927 (#980 → #1,278)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1935 at #892 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1926–1935
- Highest: 1 in 17,476 girls born in 1935 were named Shirlie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all girls named Shirlie (398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 73 | #1,996 (1917) | #2,762 |
| 1920s | 398 | #980 (1926) | #1,293 |
| 1930s | 353 | #892 (1935) | #1,256 |
| 1940s | 272 | #1,404 (1940) | #1,683 |
| 1950s | 153 | #1,805 (1951) | #3,236 |
| 1960s | 33 | #5,309 (1961) | #6,440 |
| 1970s | 6 | #8,156 (1976) | #8,156 |
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.
Shirlie in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
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1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 31,316 of them was named Shirlie, which outranked 75.0% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,227Sabina35
- #1,227Toby35
- #1,227Trula35
- #1,243Shirlie34
- #1,243Almeta34
- #1,243Alverta34
- #1,243Elodia34
- #1,258Arlena33
- #1,258Arliss33
- #1,258Athena33
Tied with 14 names at #1,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.