Shirleyann — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirleyann

The Social Security Administration has registered 576 babies named Shirleyann between 1923 and 2016, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirleyann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirleyann performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shirleyann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Shirleyann in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirleyann 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 576 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.