Shirleen
Shirleen is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 966th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194882 births
- Best rank
- #966in 1948
- Since 1925
- 1,790people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,790 girls have been named Shirleen in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 82 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 82 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1950s alone account for 29%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1948, its biggest year
Shirleen was the 966th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1948 were Linda, Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Shirleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherlenepeak 1958
- Nanceepeak 1961
- Shirlenepeak 1956
- Darlenepeak 1958
- Charlenepeak 1952
- Joettapeak 1954
- Noreenpeak 1948
- Janetpeak 1954
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.