Shirli — girls' name
22 babies named Shirli in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Shirli since 1935, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1953.
- 22
- total births
- 1935–1953
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Shirli was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shirli in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirli
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Shirli between 1935 and 1953, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirli currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirli performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shirli shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirli 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 22 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.
Shirli at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shirli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1935
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
22 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 7 births in a single year.
Shirli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 12 births that decade — 55% of Shirli's all-time total
Shirli decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Shirli's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1935–1953 (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.