How Many People Are Named Shirly?
people named Shirly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 528,260 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,069 babies named Shirly in Social Security records from 1911 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shirly (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shirly alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shirly first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1936, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Shirly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,316, in 1936.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,316 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,928 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shirly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shirly were born in California than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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