Shirell — girls' name
325 babies named Shirell in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Shirell was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shirell in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirell
The Social Security Administration has registered 325 babies named Shirell between 1961 and 1995, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shirell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shirell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 325 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shirell at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shirell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1961
- Peak year (1963)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
325 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 21 births in a single year.
Shirell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 122 births that decade — 38% of Shirell's all-time total
Shirell decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shirell's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Shirell by state
Where Shirell concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 3.7% |
12 of 325 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.