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Shirley

Pronounced /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1935 · #259
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:151 in 2024 (#1,451)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Shirley in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1935 with 435 babies, ranked #259.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,551 boys have been named Shirley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Shirley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,228 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Silent: 4,473 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,218 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 247 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

English place name from Old English sċīr (“county”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to shire +‎ -ley (“lea”). More at shire, leigh. ==== Alternative forms ==== (surname): Sherley, Shurley ==== Proper noun ==== Shirley An English habitational surname (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1920s to the 1950s. Various places in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2141). A suburb of the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3565).

  • (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Origin
Not recorded
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