Girls' name · since 1954
Shirel
373 babies named Shirel in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,977 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
373 babies have been named Shirel since 1954, making it today's #7977 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirel has been recorded 373 times among girls since 1954, currently ranked #7977 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #14,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,977 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 373 born since 1954
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirel ranks #14,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,977 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 373 born since 1954, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,977 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shirel's 373 recorded births place it above 80.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Shirel compares
373 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shirel's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shirel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 373 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shirel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shirel's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shirel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Shirel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Shirel's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Shirel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (36% of all-time use).
Shirel by state
Where Shirel concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 11.0% |
| #2 | California | | 25 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 3.2% |
41 of 373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Shirel's data
- Shirel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (133 total births) through the 2020s (84) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shirels (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shirel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1954–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shirel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.