Shirleyan — girls' name
32 babies named Shirleyan in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 girls have been named Shirleyan since 1929, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1945.
- 32
- total births
- 1929–1945
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Shirleyan was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shirleyan in 1945 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirleyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Shirleyan between 1929 and 1945, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirleyan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirleyan performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shirleyan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirleyan 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 32 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.
Shirleyan at a glance
Last recorded 1945Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shirleyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1929
- Peak year (1945)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1945.
32 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1945 with 17 births in a single year.
Shirleyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 22 births that decade — 69% of Shirleyan's all-time total
Shirleyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Shirleyan's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1929–1945 (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.