# Shirlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shirlee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,714 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 5,709 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 14 | 5,179 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,486 |
| 1986 | 7 | 9,408 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,678 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,942 |
| 1990 | 8 | 10,053 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,914 |
| 1992 | 6 | 13,128 |
| 1994 | 6 | 13,194 |
| 1995 | 6 | 13,157 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,475 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,560 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,122 |
| 2008 | 5 | 20,041 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,333 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 4,464 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.