Shirleen
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #13,606
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 82 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,790since 1925
Shirleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Shirleen has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,622 | 48 |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,499 | 52 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 56 |
| 1953 | #1,146 | 71 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 |
| 1948 | #964 | 82 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shirleen! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1927–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shirleen is popular in 1925
No state had 5 or more girls named Shirleen in 1925, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shirleen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 413 spots in 1948 (#1,377 → #964)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1949 (#964 → #1,236)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1948 at #964 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1948
- Highest: 1 in 20,706 girls born in 1948 were named Shirleen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,601 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Shirleen (526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 27 | #3,269 (1926) | #4,090 |
| 1930s | 241 | #1,115 (1936) | #1,787 |
| 1940s | 384 | #964 (1948) | #1,432 |
| 1950s | 526 | #1,146 (1953) | #1,398 |
| 1960s | 362 | #1,622 (1965) | #2,042 |
| 1970s | 145 | #2,451 (1972) | #5,021 |
| 1980s | 65 | #5,209 (1982) | #8,033 |
| 1990s | 27 | #9,479 (1999) | #11,284 |
| 2000s | 13 | #13,595 (2002) | #13,601 |
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.
Shirleen in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
More about 1925
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1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 243,477 of them was named Shirleen, which outranked 13.8% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 798 names at #4,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.