Shirlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,856 babies named Shirlene between 1923 and 2010, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 159 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Shirlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 260 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shirlene in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirlene 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 4,856 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.