Feminine dossier · first seen 1911

Shirly

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1936

Peak era

1936

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Silent Generation

1911Peak 19362025

Quick answers about Shirly

An estimated 619 living Americans are named Shirly.

Shirly 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 Shirly is approximately 65 years, with most bearers falling between 44 and 77 years old.

Not especially. Shirly has been declining since its 1936 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1936

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,042

Shirly last appeared in SSA records in 2016. Across its recorded history, about 1,042 American girls received the name.

Shirly peaked in 1936, when 31 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 1,042 Americans named Shirly since 1911.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1936

Living profile

619

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age65

Core range44–77

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

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