Shirl
Shirl is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 715th, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1964210 births
- Best rank
- #715in 1964
- Since 1934
- 1,771people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,323 girls have been named Shirl in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 210 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 210 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 60%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Shirl is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are boys (448), most of them born around 1938.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1964, its biggest year
Shirl was the 715th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Shirl
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Glynispeak 1963
- Leciapeak 1961
- Lorripeak 1961
- Sharipeak 1961
- Lesiapeak 1965
- Lesapeak 1962
- Lauriepeak 1962
- Pennipeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.