Shirely
Shirely is a girl's name that peaked in 1936, when it was the 2,263rd most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1969. About 140 Shirelys are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 68.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Shirely
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 231
- Estimated living today
- 140
- Median age today
- 68
- Peak year
- 1936
- Best rank
- 2,263rd
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1926
How old the living Shirelys are
born that year still alive today
Of the 231 babies given the name since 1926, about 140 are alive — 58 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1957 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Names of 1936
The most popular girls’ names the year Shirely peaked:
Related names
Shirely against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.