Girls' name · since 1957
Shirlena
Shirlena has 105 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1957
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shirlena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 105 recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirlena has been recorded 105 times among girls since 1957, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1994.
- #26,625 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1957
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirlena ranks #26,625 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1957, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1957
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shirlena's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shirlena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shirlena's full recorded timeline at 1971, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shirlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1994
- Peak year (1957)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Shirlena by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (35 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Shirlena's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shirlena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 35 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shirlena's data
- Shirlena's decade-level peak was the 1960s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shirlena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1957–1994 (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 Shirlena 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.