Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shirley

#37 most common girls' name of all time · #85 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#37
Rank overall
#85 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
695,934
Since 2016
1,452
Peak year
1935 #2
Best rank
#2 1935
Girls Boys peak 42,801/yr
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Shirley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 133 — 133 #1,582
2024 151 — 151 #1,452
2023 139 — 139 #1,536
2022 134 — 134 #1,583
2021 105 — 105 #1,886
2020 137 — 137 #1,547
2019 148 — 148 #1,483
2018 152 — 152 #1,447
2017 185 — 185 #1,275
2016 168 — 168 #1,386
2015 181 — 181 #1,311
2014 202 — 202 #1,206
2013 174 — 174 #1,338
2012 176 — 176 #1,334
2011 188 — 188 #1,267
2010 178 — 178 #1,318
2009 233 — 233 #1,092
2008 304 — 304 #907
2007 288 — 288 #937
2006 249 — 249 #1,026
2005 285 — 285 #885
2004 240 — 240 #988
2003 313 — 313 #788
2002 259 — 259 #878
2001 305 — 305 #778
2000 259 — 259 #850
1999 231 — 231 #915
1998 293 — 293 #742
1997 333 — 333 #660
1996 339 — 339 #654
1995 343 — 343 #634
1994 380 — 380 #593
1993 406 7 413 #579
1992 449 5 454 #530
1991 446 — 446 #521
1990 472 — 472 #509
1989 457 — 457 #512
1988 462 6 468 #491
1987 459 6 465 #473
1986 435 5 440 #491
1985 494 5 499 #441
1984 477 5 482 #438
1983 505 10 515 #428
1982 601 7 608 #384
1981 579 — 579 #390
1980 603 8 611 #380
1979 671 7 678 #346
1978 647 9 656 #336
1977 777 — 777 #307
1976 834 12 846 #277
1975 875 6 881 #278
1974 1,010 12 1,022 #254
1973 1,155 7 1,162 #218
1972 1,334 13 1,347 #209
1971 1,588 18 1,606 #193
1970 1,629 19 1,648 #198
1969 1,867 25 1,892 #173
1968 2,142 13 2,155 #150
1967 2,508 31 2,539 #142
1966 2,919 36 2,955 #124
1965 3,370 31 3,401 #111
1964 3,967 27 3,994 #103
1963 4,387 27 4,414 #99
1962 4,869 36 4,905 #96
1961 5,638 37 5,675 #85
1960 6,411 46 6,457 #70
1959 7,284 41 7,325 #61
1958 8,088 53 8,141 #52
1957 8,855 62 8,917 #46
1956 9,429 54 9,483 #41
1955 9,755 51 9,806 #37
1954 10,909 66 10,975 #33
1953 12,148 68 12,216 #29
1952 12,529 67 12,596 #28
1951 13,919 78 13,997 #27
1950 15,891 82 15,973 #19
1949 17,281 83 17,364 #18
1948 16,121 71 16,192 #20
1947 17,648 124 17,772 #19
1946 17,870 145 18,015 #18
1945 16,150 143 16,293 #14
1944 16,309 128 16,437 #15
1943 17,816 186 18,002 #12
1942 17,750 205 17,955 #12
1941 16,954 174 17,128 #10
1940 17,881 214 18,095 #9
1939 20,447 238 20,685 #5
1938 23,766 265 24,031 #5
1937 26,823 337 27,160 #4
1936 35,161 381 35,542 #2
1935 42,366 435 42,801 #2
1934 22,841 288 23,129 #4
1933 14,320 213 14,533 #9
1932 14,476 242 14,718 #9
1931 14,405 239 14,644 #9
1930 14,775 273 15,048 #11
1929 14,576 263 14,839 #9
1928 14,215 249 14,464 #10
1927 13,314 242 13,556 #9
1926 11,762 214 11,976 #14
1925 10,513 223 10,736 #17
1924 9,489 226 9,715 #19
1923 7,918 231 8,149 #26
1922 6,407 229 6,636 #39
1921 5,695 227 5,922 #44
1920 4,713 196 4,909 #56
1919 3,149 197 3,346 #89
1918 2,654 182 2,836 #97
1917 1,800 172 1,972 #123
1916 1,245 155 1,400 #160
1915 1,135 171 1,306 #162
1914 906 141 1,047 #160
1913 684 113 797 #169
1912 489 66 555 #198
1911 362 35 397 #198
1910 318 24 342 #203
1909 281 33 314 #203
1908 284 22 306 #198
1907 247 17 264 #208
1906 187 23 210 #234
1905 162 16 178 #257
1904 138 24 162 #272
1903 102 17 119 #309
1902 104 22 126 #311
1901 95 10 105 #308
1900 110 32 142 #324
1899 74 14 88 #347
1898 70 15 85 #373
1897 61 20 81 #373
1896 55 12 67 #384
1895 43 28 71 #436
1894 47 22 69 #408
1893 52 15 67 #378
1892 58 15 73 #347
1891 35 15 50 #429
1890 40 19 59 #405
1889 42 13 55 #376
1888 32 14 46 #442
1887 20 9 29 #507
1886 16 17 33 #562
1885 16 17 33 #551
1884 18 11 29 #496
1883 18 13 31 #461
1882 9 11 20 #647
1881 — 7 7 —
1880 8 10 18 #671