How Many People Are Named Shirlene?
people named Shirlene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,661 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,856 babies named Shirlene in Social Security records from 1923 to 2010, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
159 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shirlene in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shirlene alive today is about 67 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shirlene first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1956, to 159 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2010.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2010
🏆 Rank History
Shirlene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #520, in 1936.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #520 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #835 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shirlene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shirlene were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 164 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shirlene was given 16.6 times as often in Utah, 3.4 times in Georgia and 3 times in North Carolina.
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