Shirlee is an uncommon variant of Shirley that peaked in 1935 and has since faded.
Shirlee is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Shirlee was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1935 (340 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #17,333 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #20,041 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #20,122 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #17,560 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,475 | — |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #13,157 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #13,194 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #13,128 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #12,914 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #10,053 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #7,942 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #9,678 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,408 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #10,486 | — |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,179 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #7,934 | — |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #5,488 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #8,033 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,320 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #11,667 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,860 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #9,455 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,515 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,296 | — |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #5,147 | — |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #5,056 | — |
| 1971 | 19 | — | #3,481 | — |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #2,923 | — |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #3,185 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #2,857 | — |
| 1967 | 28 | — | #2,317 | — |
| 1966 | 33 | — | #2,051 | — |
| 1965 | 29 | — | #2,239 | — |
| 1964 | 43 | — | #1,801 | — |
| 1963 | 23 | — | #2,606 | — |
| 1962 | 39 | — | #1,853 | — |
| 1961 | 45 | — | #1,714 | — |
| 1960 | 52 | — | #1,557 | — |
| 1959 | 65 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1958 | 72 | — | #1,259 | — |
| 1957 | 80 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1956 | 93 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1955 | 64 | — | #1,271 | — |
| 1954 | 68 | — | #1,219 | — |
| 1953 | 77 | — | #1,111 | — |
| 1952 | 73 | — | #1,106 | — |
| 1951 | 104 | — | #888 | — |
| 1950 | 90 | — | #947 | — |
| 1949 | 104 | — | #860 | — |
| 1948 | 96 | — | #889 | — |
| 1947 | 116 | — | #813 | — |
| 1946 | 113 | — | #774 | — |
| 1945 | 97 | — | #763 | — |
| 1944 | 97 | — | #777 | — |
| 1943 | 119 | — | #703 | — |
| 1942 | 115 | — | #696 | — |
| 1941 | 98 | — | #710 | — |
| 1940 | 94 | — | #720 | — |
| 1939 | 129 | — | #590 | — |
| 1938 | 121 | — | #623 | — |
| 1937 | 155 | — | #533 | — |
| 1936 | 195 | — | #460 | — |
| 1935 | 340 | — | #347 | — |
| 1934 | 209 | — | #451 | — |
| 1933 | 129 | — | #565 | — |
| 1932 | 121 | — | #598 | — |
| 1931 | 139 | — | #557 | — |
| 1930 | 147 | — | #562 | — |
| 1929 | 153 | — | #564 | #4,464 |
| 1928 | 172 | — | #534 | — |
| 1927 | 185 | — | #517 | — |
| 1926 | 181 | — | #521 | — |
| 1925 | 183 | — | #528 | — |
| 1924 | 194 | — | #514 | — |
| 1923 | 170 | — | #554 | — |
| 1922 | 115 | — | #683 | — |
| 1921 | 91 | — | #769 | — |
| 1920 | 67 | — | #891 | — |
| 1919 | 43 | — | #1,132 | — |
| 1918 | 31 | — | #1,408 | — |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #2,413 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,509 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,747 | — |