Baby name

Shirl

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75% girls / 25% boys

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Short-lived name

The high point came in 1964, with 210 births and the No. 714 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 60% of all babies named Shirl since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

1,323births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 714rank at its peak, in 1964

Where babies named Shirl are born

1964

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The darker the blue, the more common Shirl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

One letter apart

Shira 5,815
Shirly 1,042

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1910s	0%	100%
1920s	0%	100%
1930s	12%	88%
1940s	38%	62%
1950s	82%	18%
1960s	98%	2%
1970s	100%	0%
1980s	100%	0%