Shirlee
#2,279 most common girls' name of all time · #3,877 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2024
Rank among girls
#2,279
Rank overall
#3,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
5,714
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1935 #347
Best rank
#347 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 340/yr
Shirlee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,469 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,705 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,810 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,552 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,910 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,923 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,926 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,876 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,678 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,364 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,533 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,926 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,678 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,475 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,010 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,419 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,271 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,529 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,902 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,433 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,482 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,621 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,152 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,090 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,961 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,417 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,885 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,140 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,817 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,291 |
| 1966 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,029 |
| 1965 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,222 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,574 |
| 1962 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,839 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,711 |
| 1960 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,553 |
| 1959 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,329 |
| 1958 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,257 |
| 1957 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,181 |
| 1956 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,063 |
| 1955 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,267 |
| 1954 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,217 |
| 1953 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,108 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,105 |
| 1951 | 104 | — | 104 | #887 |
| 1950 | 90 | — | 90 | #946 |
| 1949 | 104 | — | 104 | #861 |
| 1948 | 96 | — | 96 | #889 |
| 1947 | 116 | — | 116 | #812 |
| 1946 | 113 | — | 113 | #775 |
| 1945 | 97 | — | 97 | #763 |
| 1944 | 97 | — | 97 | #777 |
| 1943 | 119 | — | 119 | #704 |
| 1942 | 115 | — | 115 | #695 |
| 1941 | 98 | — | 98 | #712 |
| 1940 | 94 | — | 94 | #720 |
| 1939 | 129 | — | 129 | #590 |
| 1938 | 121 | — | 121 | #623 |
| 1937 | 155 | — | 155 | #532 |
| 1936 | 195 | — | 195 | #461 |
| 1935 | 340 | — | 340 | #347 |
| 1934 | 209 | — | 209 | #451 |
| 1933 | 129 | — | 129 | #566 |
| 1932 | 121 | — | 121 | #598 |
| 1931 | 139 | — | 139 | #557 |
| 1930 | 147 | — | 147 | #563 |
| 1929 | 148 | 5 | 153 | #564 |
| 1928 | 172 | — | 172 | #534 |
| 1927 | 185 | — | 185 | #518 |
| 1926 | 181 | — | 181 | #521 |
| 1925 | 183 | — | 183 | #528 |
| 1924 | 194 | — | 194 | #515 |
| 1923 | 170 | — | 170 | #554 |
| 1922 | 115 | — | 115 | #684 |
| 1921 | 91 | — | 91 | #770 |
| 1920 | 67 | — | 67 | #893 |
| 1919 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,426 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,521 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,784 |