Shirl
- Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275
- Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
- Given to girls 74.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 210 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,323since 1934
Shirl over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 | — | |
| 1964 | #714 | 210 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #847 | 152 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,304 | 72 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five girls were named Shirl! It came in at #3,449, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shirl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shirl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shirl
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 457 spots in 1963
- Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1965
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1964 at #714 (210 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1963–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,023
- Highest: 1 in 9,023 girls born in 1964 were named Shirl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 60.2% of all girls named Shirl (796) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1950
- Mostly boys until 1949, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 17 | #3,449 (1934) | #3,969 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,597 (1946) | #3,163 |
| 1950s | 288 | #1,657 (1958) | #2,053 |
| 1960s | 796 | #714 (1964) | #1,455 |
| 1970s | 124 | #2,747 (1972) | #5,302 |
| 1980s | 23 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,655 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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