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Shirley Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Shirley: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 686,383 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
686,383
Peak year
1935 #2
Years on the list
145
10-year trend
-16.2%

In the 1930s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011188#1270
2012176#1338
2013174#1346
2014202#1213
2015181#1314
2016168#1393
2017185#1279
2018152#1450
2019148#1488
2020137#1550
2021105#1894
2022134#1588
2023139#1539
2024151#1455
2025133#1586

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1935

PA
3,877
OH
2,666
IL
2,458
TX
2,042
NY
2,025
MI
2,013

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