girl's name

Shirly

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,139

Shirly is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1936, when 37 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.

Shirly over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shirly by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 37
1920s 98
1930s 199
1940s 214
1950s 168
1960s 130
1970s 55
1980s 35
1990s 46
2000s 70
2010s (to 2016) 17

How popular is Shirly?

In 2016, Shirly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shirly is used

France #6,372 5 in 2023
United States #17,153 5 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shirly

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shirly also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shirly over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shirly

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shirly — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shirly

How popular is the name Shirly?

In 2016, Shirly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shirly a girl's or a boy's name?

Shirly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shirly most popular?

Shirly peaked in 1936, when 37 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.