Girls' name · since 1947
Shiryl
72 babies named Shiryl in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
72 girls have been named Shiryl since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiryl has been recorded 72 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1967.
- #30,862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiryl ranks #30,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #30,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shiryl's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shiryl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shiryl's full recorded timeline at 1962, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shiryl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1967
- Peak year (1964)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shiryl by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (48 births, 67% of the file).
1960s was Shiryl's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shiryl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 48 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shiryl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1967 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shiryl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.