Shirlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shirlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 389 babies named Shirlyn between 1943 and 2009, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirlyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shirlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shirlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirlyn 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 389 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.