The baby name Shirley appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1935 with 54,743 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Shirley has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 323 |
| 1911 | 406 |
| 1912 | 551 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1913 | 855 |
| 1913 | 68 |
| 1914 | 1,164 |
| 1914 | 98 |
| 1915 | 1,475 |
| 1915 | 142 |
| 1916 | 1,620 |
| 1916 | 95 |
| 1917 | 2,219 |
| 1917 | 188 |
| 1918 | 3,385 |
| 1918 | 190 |
| 1919 | 3,894 |
| 1919 | 235 |
| 1920 | 5,839 |
| 1920 | 218 |
| 1921 | 7,080 |
| 1921 | 259 |
| 1922 | 7,503 |
| 1922 | 256 |
| 1923 | 10,820 |
| 1923 | 245 |
| 1924 | 13,955 |
| 1924 | 246 |
| 1925 | 15,583 |
| 1925 | 221 |
| 1926 | 17,292 |
| 1926 | 254 |
| 1927 | 19,573 |
| 1927 | 273 |
| 1928 | 20,780 |
| 1928 | 253 |
| 1929 | 21,270 |
| 1929 | 303 |
| 1930 | 21,124 |
| 1930 | 300 |
| 1931 | 19,360 |
| 1931 | 222 |
| 1932 | 19,605 |
| 1932 | 244 |
| 1933 | 19,479 |
| 1933 | 210 |
| 1934 | 29,398 |
| 1934 | 306 |
| 1935 | 54,743 |
| 1935 | 504 |
| 1936 | 47,863 |
| 1936 | 456 |
| 1937 | 36,650 |
| 1937 | 406 |
| 1938 | 31,765 |
| 1938 | 277 |
| 1939 | 24,642 |
| 1939 | 286 |
| 1940 | 22,782 |
| 1940 | 253 |
| 1941 | 19,026 |
| 1941 | 165 |
| 1942 | 20,078 |
| 1942 | 229 |
| 1943 | 23,398 |
| 1943 | 189 |
| 1944 | 18,416 |
| 1944 | 121 |
| 1945 | 18,177 |
| 1945 | 123 |
| 1946 | 20,184 |
| 1946 | 88 |
| 1947 | 20,466 |
| 1947 | 117 |
| 1948 | 18,870 |
| 1948 | 42 |
| 1949 | 20,251 |
| 1949 | 78 |
| 1950 | 19,275 |
| 1950 | 71 |
| 1951 | 17,718 |
| 1951 | 63 |
| 1952 | 16,471 |
| 1952 | 40 |
| 1953 | 16,038 |
| 1953 | 31 |
| 1954 | 13,916 |
| 1954 | 36 |
| 1955 | 12,068 |
| 1955 | 19 |
| 1956 | 12,069 |
| 1956 | 15 |
| 1957 | 11,279 |
| 1957 | 30 |
| 1958 | 10,248 |
| 1959 | 9,307 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 8,332 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 7,443 |
| 1962 | 6,253 |
| 1962 | 6 |
| 1963 | 5,011 |
| 1964 | 4,791 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 4,098 |
| 1966 | 3,617 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1967 | 3,084 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 2,650 |
| 1969 | 2,362 |
| 1970 | 1,990 |
| 1971 | 1,888 |
| 1972 | 1,608 |
| 1973 | 1,304 |
| 1974 | 1,098 |
| 1975 | 1,011 |
| 1976 | 896 |
| 1977 | 892 |
| 1978 | 805 |
| 1979 | 767 |
| 1980 | 660 |
| 1981 | 567 |
| 1982 | 603 |
| 1983 | 519 |
| 1984 | 454 |
| 1985 | 548 |
| 1986 | 454 |
| 1987 | 480 |
| 1988 | 462 |
| 1989 | 422 |
| 1990 | 351 |
| 1991 | 446 |
| 1992 | 440 |
| 1993 | 376 |
| 1994 | 370 |
| 1995 | 251 |
| 1996 | 254 |
| 1997 | 285 |
| 1998 | 224 |
| 1999 | 157 |
| 2000 | 161 |
| 2001 | 228 |
| 2002 | 152 |
| 2003 | 199 |
| 2004 | 187 |
| 2005 | 250 |
| 2006 | 181 |
| 2007 | 227 |
| 2008 | 279 |
| 2009 | 119 |
| 2010 | 78 |
| 2011 | 139 |
| 2012 | 82 |
| 2013 | 95 |
| 2014 | 110 |
| 2015 | 93 |
| 2016 | 149 |
| 2017 | 138 |
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2019 | 106 |
| 2020 | 137 |
| 2021 | 45 |
| 2022 | 71 |
| 2023 | 86 |
| 2024 | 108 |