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Unnamed BabySSA national name archive · 1880–2025

Shirl

Recorded for both sexesBaby Boomer

2025 rank

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not recorded in 2025

2025 births

—

All-time births

1,323

peak year 1964

More common than

91%

of all archived spellings recorded for girls, by lifetime births for that sex
Peak year
1964
210 births
Best rank
#715
in 1964
First recorded
1934
#3,756 that year
Last recorded
1983
no later published record
Average birth year
1962
weighted by recorded births
Years recorded
43 of 146
with gaps

Top five years

  1. 1964210#715Peak
  2. 1963152#851
  3. 196591#1,108
  4. 196272#1,313
  5. 196660#1,428

Rank over time

Inverted scale — nearer the top is more popular. Unrecorded years are left blank, not drawn as zero.

Best rank #715 in 1964 · peak births 210 in 1964

Boys and girls

Births per year for each sex, on one shared scale. The girls' series is dashed.

● 25% boys■ 75% girls

448 boys · 1,323 girls, all time

Births by decade

Where the name's whole run sits, with the best and worst rank it held in each decade

Trajectory by decade

Where Shirl has ranked, decade by decade

The band spans each decade's best and worst rank; the line follows its best.