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Girl name

Shirline

100% girls · last recorded 1967

Shirline has been given to about 180 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1936, which makes it a interwar name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 128
Median age today76 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shirline per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1936 · 11
  • Born in 20250
  • All time180

How popular is Shirline?

Its best year was 1936, when 11 babies were given the name, ranking 2669th. The typical living American called Shirline is about 76 years old today.

Names that sound like Shirline

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shirlene0.86
  2. Charline0.76
  3. Sharlene0.71
  4. Shirlee0.70
  5. Christine0.67
  6. Arline0.67
  7. Darline0.67
  8. Earline0.64

Middle names for Shirline

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shirline Rose0.87
  2. Shirline Marie0.87
  3. Shirline Grace0.87
  4. Shirline Louise0.87
  5. Shirline Claire0.86
  6. Shirline Mae0.86

Sibling names for Shirline

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ruthiesister · 0.57
  2. Margosister · 0.57
  3. Ronaldbrother · 0.55
  4. Judithsister · 0.54
  5. Tommybrother · 0.51
  6. Richardbrother · 0.50

Where Shirline is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shirline White0.82
    2. Shirline Nguyen0.82
    3. Shirline Moore0.82
    4. Shirline Hill0.82
    5. Shirline Hall0.82
    6. Shirline Brown0.82

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shirline

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.