Shirla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirla

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Shirla between 1930 and 1965, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirla performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shirla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirla 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 154 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.