Shirrell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Shirrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Shirrell between 1958 and 1987, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Shirrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 1931.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirrell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shirrell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shirrell 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 68 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.