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.

Shirlie

#5,970 most common girls' name of all time · #10,078 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1911–1976

Rank among girls
#5,970
Rank overall
#10,078 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,288
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1935 #894
Best rank
#894 1935
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
192019401960

Shirlie first appears in 1911. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 6 — 6 #8,282
1969 5 — 5 #7,643
1967 5 — 5 #6,979
1964 5 — 5 #6,957
1963 5 — 5 #6,789
1961 7 — 7 #5,433
1960 6 — 6 #5,845
1959 6 — 6 #5,727
1958 11 — 11 #3,815
1957 14 — 14 #3,202
1956 10 — 10 #3,991
1955 11 — 11 #3,657
1954 22 — 22 #2,342
1953 10 — 10 #3,783
1952 16 — 16 #2,738
1951 29 — 29 #1,826
1950 24 — 24 #1,982
1949 35 — 35 #1,584
1948 27 — 27 #1,843
1947 26 — 26 #1,923
1946 26 — 26 #1,791
1945 32 — 32 #1,441
1944 16 — 16 #2,244
1943 24 — 24 #1,776
1942 32 — 32 #1,461
1941 25 — 25 #1,598
1940 29 — 29 #1,430
1939 30 — 30 #1,373
1938 34 — 34 #1,260
1937 24 — 24 #1,569
1936 45 — 45 #1,050
1935 60 — 60 #894
1934 33 — 33 #1,260
1933 34 — 34 #1,243
1932 29 — 29 #1,413
1931 34 — 34 #1,255
1930 30 — 30 #1,429
1929 39 — 39 #1,210
1928 46 — 46 #1,134
1927 38 — 38 #1,301
1926 58 — 58 #988
1925 53 — 53 #1,048
1924 43 — 43 #1,225
1923 23 — 23 #1,830
1922 41 — 41 #1,231
1921 34 — 34 #1,406
1920 23 — 23 #1,812
1919 10 — 10 #3,149
1918 16 — 16 #2,272
1917 17 — 17 #2,091
1916 14 — 14 #2,354
1915 6 — 6 #4,022
1914 5 — 5 #3,910
1911 5 — 5 #2,858