Baby name

Shirly

Girl

Classic name

1936 was its best year: 31 births, or 1 baby in 67,018. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 84 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,042births since 1880

1930sgeneration

No. 1296rank at its peak, in 1936

Where babies named Shirly are born

1936

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

One letter apart

Shirley 686,383
Shirl 1,323
Sherly 1,062

Names from the same era

Ardyce · Sallyann · Duane · Aletta · Shelva · Harlene

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