Shirly is a rare variant of Shirley that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Shirly is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Shirly was first reported in SSA data in 1911 and peaked in 1936 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #18,491 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | #14,761 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #19,436 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,786 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #6,111 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,755 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,923 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #14,294 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #18,015 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #10,898 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #14,755 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,543 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,696 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #13,248 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #11,619 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #11,610 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #13,204 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #13,129 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,578 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #9,679 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,783 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #9,068 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #11,908 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,879 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #11,034 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,912 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #8,576 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,561 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,415 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,519 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,276 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,492 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,898 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,679 | — |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #3,921 | — |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,711 | — |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #2,659 | — |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,231 | — |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #2,901 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,171 | — |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #2,975 | — |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #3,089 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #3,359 | — |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #3,016 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,671 | — |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,540 | — |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #2,585 | — |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #2,582 | — |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,785 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,561 | — |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,241 | — |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #2,059 | — |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,248 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,038 | — |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,911 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,983 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,279 | — |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,991 | — |
| 1942 | 25 | — | #1,700 | — |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,797 | — |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,738 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,509 | — |
| 1938 | 23 | — | #1,642 | — |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,489 | — |
| 1936 | 37 | — | #1,316 | #3,494 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | #1,440 | — |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,765 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,842 | — |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #3,246 | — |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,734 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #3,027 | — |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #2,172 | — |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,748 | — |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,840 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,843 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,332 | — |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #3,122 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,917 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,964 | — |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #4,336 | #4,213 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #3,089 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #4,103 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #4,031 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #5,062 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #4,118 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,811 | — |