Girls' name · since 1926
Shirely
231 babies named Shirely in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Shirely is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 231 have been recorded since 1926.
Shirely has 231 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1969.
- #18,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 231 born since 1926
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirely ranks #18,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1926, peaking in the 1930s.
- #18,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Shirely's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shirely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shirely's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1936 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shirely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1969
- Peak year (1936)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Shirely by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (58 births, 25% of the file).
1930s was Shirely's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Shirely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 20
1920s
20 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 58 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Shirely's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 1960s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shirely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1926–1969 (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 Shirely 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.