Shirly
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,147
Given to girls 97.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,042since 1911
Shirly over time
Rank among girls' names. Shirly has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Shirly! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shirly is popular in 1943
No state had 5 or more girls named Shirly in 1943, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shirly
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1936 at #1,296 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 33,561 girls born in 1936 were named Shirly (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all girls named Shirly (214) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,463 (1911) | #3,553 |
| 1920s | 92 | #2,098 (1929) | #3,147 |
| 1930s | 193 | #1,296 (1936) | #2,009 |
| 1940s | 214 | #1,668 (1942) | #1,924 |
| 1950s | 168 | #2,185 (1950) | #2,747 |
| 1960s | 130 | #2,600 (1964) | #4,245 |
| 1970s | 55 | #5,109 (1972) | #6,552 |
| 1980s | 35 | #8,224 (1982) | #9,744 |
| 1990s | 46 | #9,017 (1997) | #11,405 |
| 2000s | 70 | #5,955 (2008) | #12,698 |
| 2010s | 17 | #13,483 (2012) | #15,563 |
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.
Shirly in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 69,765 of them was named Shirly, which outranked 63.7% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,900Wayne21
- #1,900Willadean21
- #1,900Willodean21
- #1,949Shirly20
- #1,949Alethia20
- #1,949Arletha20
- #1,949Arliss20
- #1,994Ammie19
- #1,994Andria19
- #1,994Annelle19
Tied with 44 names at #1,949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.