Shirley

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Shirley is a given name and a surname originating from the English place-name Shirley, which is derived from the Old English elements scire or scฤซr and lฤ“ah. The name makes reference to the open space where the moot was held.

From Wikipedia

Shirley first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 62 babies (rank #446 that year). In 2024 it was given to 9 girls (rank #2,433). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Shirley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Shirley yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

842
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
62
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199155#471
199259#458
199349#524
199446#501
199562#446
199633#692
199739#600
199827#783
199927#799
200018#1,053
200122#926
200222#934
200328#816
200435#687
200521#1,069
200617#1,309
200724#1,027
200824#1,068
200915#1,541
201016#1,506
201118#1,342
20128#2,544
201315#1,558
201420#1,246
201510#2,121
201616#1,491
201723#1,110
201816#1,475
201916#1,520
202014#1,643
202117#1,445
202210#2,112
202311#2,033
20249#2,433