Shirleen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirleen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,790 babies named Shirleen between 1925 and 2006, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shirleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Shirleen in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirleen 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 1,790 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.