Shirle — girls' name
104 babies named Shirle in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
104 girls have been named Shirle since 1919, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1964.
- 104
- total births
- 1919–1964
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Shirle was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shirle in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirle
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Shirle between 1919 and 1964, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirle performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shirle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirle 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 104 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.
Shirle at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shirle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1919
- Peak year (1935)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
104 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 17 births in a single year.
Shirle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 45 births that decade — 43% of Shirle's all-time total
Shirle decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Shirle's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–1964 (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.