How Many People Are Named Shirl?
people named Shirl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 272,121 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,771 babies named Shirl in Social Security records from 1915 to 1983, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
216 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shirl, 89.5% were girls and 10.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shirl rose from 11.8% in the 1930s to 100% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shirl alive today is about 64 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shirl first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1964, to 216 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1983.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1983
🏆 Rank History
Shirl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #715, in 1964. Among boys, its best rank was #1,471, in 1938.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #715 (1964) | #1,471 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,250 in the 1960s | #2,093 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shirl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shirl were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 73 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shirl was given 2.9 times as often in Pennsylvania and 1.8 times in Texas.
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