Shirlene vs Shirleyann
American parents have registered 4,856 Shirlenes since 1880, against 576 Shirleyanns. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Shirlene Shirleyann
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 82 years in which either name was published, Shirlene for 79 years and Shirleyann for 3 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
- 1923–1927 Shirlene ahead
- 1928 Shirleyann ahead
- 1929–2010 Shirlene ahead
- 2011–2016 Shirleyann ahead
Side by side
| Shirlene | Shirleyann | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,856 | 576 |
| Most in one year | 159 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 3,400 | 260 |
| Median age today | 68 | 79 |
| Peak year | 1956 | 1935 |
| Best rank | 782nd girls | 896th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1923 | 1923 |
| Girls / boys | 4,856 / 0 | 576 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Shirleyanns alive today are over 79; half the Shirlenes are over 68. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Shirlene Utah (10.6×), Idaho (3.7×), Kentucky (3.4×)
- Shirleyann Pennsylvania (8.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Shirlene and Shirleyann.