Shirlee — #15389 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirlee

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,709 babies named Shirlee between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirlee currently holds the #15389 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 340 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirlee performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 1,685 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Shirlee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 615 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shirlee in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirlee 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 5,709 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.