Shirletta — girls' name
24 babies named Shirletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 girls have been named Shirletta since 1955, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1971.
- 24
- total births
- 1955–1971
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Shirletta was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shirletta in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirletta
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Shirletta between 1955 and 1971, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirletta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirletta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shirletta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirletta 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 24 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.
Shirletta at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shirletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1955
- Peak year (1965)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
24 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 7 births in a single year.
Shirletta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 13 births that decade — 54% of Shirletta's all-time total
Shirletta decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shirletta's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1955–1971 (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.