Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Shirlee

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1935

Peak era

1935

Peak births

340

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Silent Generation

1915Peak 19352025

Quick answers about Shirlee

An estimated 2,105 living Americans are named Shirlee.

Shirlee fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Shirlee is approximately 75 years, with most bearers falling between 66 and 84 years old.

Not especially. Shirlee has been declining since its 1935 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1935

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

5,709

Diaspora map

Shirlee spread fast — broke out in California, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin (1935) and ran high in 4 states within a decade.

Broke out: California, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, 1935 · over-represented in 4 states over 0 years

Shirlee last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 5,709 American girls received the name.

Shirlee peaked in 1935, when 340 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 5,709 Americans named Shirlee since 1915.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1935

Living profile

2,105

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age75

Core range66–84

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.