Shirlie

Girl · recorded 1911–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Shirlie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191112
19147
19156
191613
191716
191814
19199
192019
192128
192234
192319
192434
192544
192649
192732
192840
192935
193027
193132
193227
193334
193432
193557
193643
193723
193831
193927
194025
194121
194224
194317
194412
194524
194617
194715
194816
194920
195014
195116
19529
19535
195411
19556
19565
19577
19585
19593
19603
19613
19633
19643
19673
19693
19764

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shirlie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1976
6
Rank in 1976
#8,156
How rare
1 in 244,183 girls
Since 1911
1,288

Shirlie was last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 57 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shirlie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.