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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shirly

Shirly was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 1316th with 31 babies. More babies were named Shirly in the 1940s 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
193631 babies
Total since 1880
1,069babies recorded

Shirly popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 27 since 1918.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#19,4365
2000#14,7556
1990——
1980#11,8795
1970#6,2768
1960#2,97518
1950#2,24120
1940#1,73822
1930#3,02710
1920#4,3367
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shirly, counting every spelling?

Shirly has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shirly?

About 600 people born in the US named Shirly are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 45 and 77. That makes Shirly 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.

Shirly by state

How common Shirly was among girls born in each state in 1934–1938, around its peak. In 50 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: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 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: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: 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: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 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, Shirly, girls, 1934–1938. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Shirly

How popular is the name Shirly?

Shirly was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 1316th with 31 babies. More babies were named Shirly in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Shirly a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,042 girls and 27 boys.

Where was Shirly most popular?

In 1934–1938, Shirly was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls).