Shirl**
#4,848 most common girls' name of all time · #8,220 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1915–1983 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,848
Rank overall
#8,220 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,771
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1964 #716
Best rank
#716 1964
Girls
Boys
peak 216/yr
Shirl first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,498 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,725 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,639 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,544 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,435 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,632 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,319 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,997 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,041 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,679 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,769 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,296 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,348 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,077 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,270 |
| 1967 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,633 |
| 1966 | 60 | 5 | 65 | #1,423 |
| 1965 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,104 |
| 1964 | 210 | 6 | 216 | #716 |
| 1963 | 152 | — | 152 | #849 |
| 1962 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,309 |
| 1961 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,604 |
| 1960 | 46 | 7 | 53 | #1,664 |
| 1959 | 43 | 9 | 52 | #1,682 |
| 1958 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #1,665 |
| 1957 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,769 |
| 1956 | 24 | 7 | 31 | #2,284 |
| 1955 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #2,447 |
| 1954 | 29 | 6 | 35 | #1,966 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,401 |
| 1952 | 33 | 10 | 43 | #1,734 |
| 1951 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #2,880 |
| 1950 | 24 | 7 | 31 | #1,989 |
| 1949 | 12 | 14 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1948 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #2,774 |
| 1947 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #2,987 |
| 1946 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #2,690 |
| 1945 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,558 |
| 1944 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,281 |
| 1943 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,745 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1939 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1938 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,619 |
| 1936 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #4,577 |
| 1934 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #3,681 |
| 1933 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | — |