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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shirlie

Shirlie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 895th with 60 babies. More babies were named Shirlie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193560 babies
Total since 1880
1,288babies recorded

Shirlie popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#6,2956
1950#1,99824
1940#1,43729
1930#1,42730
1920#1,80523
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shirlie, counting every spelling?

Shirlie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shirlie?

About 400 people born in the US named Shirlie are alive today, with a median age of 79; half are between 73 and 85. That makes Shirlie a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shirlie by state

How common Shirlie was among girls born in each state in 1933–1937, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shirlie, girls, 1933–1937. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shirlie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shirlie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shirlie

How popular is the name Shirlie?

Shirlie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 895th with 60 babies. More babies were named Shirlie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Shirlie a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,288 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shirlie most popular?

In 1933–1937, Shirlie was most common in Oklahoma (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Ohio.