Shirlene
Shirlene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 520th, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1956159 births
- Best rank
- #520in 1936
- Since 1923
- 4,856people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,856 girls have been named Shirlene in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 159 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 159 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 28%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shirlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 75 | |
| 1930s | 818 | |
| 1940s | 1,022 | |
| 1950s | 1,356 | |
| 1960s | 1,039 | |
| 1970s | 301 | |
| 1980s | 146 | |
| 1990s | 67 | |
| 2000s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Shirlene was the 786th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Shirlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shirleenpeak 1948
- Sherlenepeak 1958
- Darlenepeak 1958
- Claudettepeak 1935
- Marvapeak 1948
- Jerriepeak 1946
- Janetpeak 1954
- Carlenepeak 1955
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.