girls:
1.3k births since 1934
#4401 (23rd percentile)
boys:
448 births since 1915
#4138 (10th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1915
#5982 (23rd percentile)
The name Shirl is the #5,982 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,771 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 22.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,401 (23.0% percentile) for all time with 1,323 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #4,138 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 448 births since 1915.
Shirl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Shirl is available in 67 out of the 69 years between 1915 and 1983 (45 years for boys and 43 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shirl has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.7% of all recorded births being female. In 1983, 100.0% of babies named Shirl were girls. Interestingly, until around 1948, the name was more popular for boys (83.9% boys from 1915 to 1947), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.3% girls from 1948 to 1983).
For girls, Shirl reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 25.4% percentile (ranked #585) with 107 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 107 births per million (ranked 25.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1983.
For boys, Shirl reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #507) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shirl".
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