Quick answers about Shirlee
How many people are named Shirlee?
An estimated 1,444 living Americans are named Shirlee.
How rare is Shirlee?
Shirlee fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Shirlee?
The median age of a living American named Shirlee is approximately 71 years, with most bearers falling between 62 and 79 years old.
Is Shirlee still popular?
Not especially. Shirlee has been declining since its 1935 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Shirlee most common?
Shirlee has its strongest geographic signal in Illinois, where it appears 4.1× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Shirlee is most concentrated in Washington — about 3.7× the national rate in the 1930s. It also runs high in Iowa.
States where Shirlee is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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