Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Shirley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shirley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.6% from peak

Peak era

1935

Peak rank proxy

42,365

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19352024

Peak year

1935

Decline from peak

99.6%

2024

151

All-time

686,246

Shirley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1935, when 42,365 girls were named Shirley.

In 2024, only 151 girls were given the name.

Down 99.6% from its peak.

All told, about 686,246 Americans have been named Shirley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.6% from peak

193542,365 girls named Shirley

2024151 girls named Shirley

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