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How popular is “Shirlene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shirlene” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shirlene” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shirlene” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shirlene” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shirlene” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shirlene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shirlene” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1923 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 100%
1932 37 0.000017525 37 100%
1933 47 0.000023506 47 100%
1934 55 0.000026483 55 100%
1935 104 0.000049763 104 100%
1936 156 0.000075087 156 100%
1937 115 0.000053974 115 100%
1938 118 0.000053332 118 100%
1939 131 0.000059452 131 100%
1940 110 0.00004777 110 100%
1941 84 0.000034477 84 100%
1942 92 0.000033677 92 100%
1943 89 0.000031532 89 100%
1944 74 0.000027508 74 100%
1945 97 0.000036564 97 100%
1946 111 0.000034738 111 100%
1947 108 0.000029981 108 100%
1948 122 0.000035337 122 100%
1949 135 0.00003874 135 100%
1950 158 0.0000451 158 100%
1951 136 0.000036919 136 100%
1952 134 0.000035282 134 100%
1953 120 0.000031139 120 100%
1954 146 0.000036677 146 100%
1955 122 0.000030385 122 100%
1956 159 0.000038564 159 100%
1957 142 0.000033792 142 100%
1958 124 0.000029996 124 100%
1959 115 0.000027658 115 100%
1960 123 0.000029611 123 100%
1961 118 0.000028487 118 100%
1962 119 0.000029489 119 100%
1963 114 0.000028801 114 100%
1964 121 0.000031125 121 100%
1965 118 0.000032548 118 100%
1966 91 0.000026182 91 100%
1967 83 0.000024448 83 100%
1968 84 0.000024864 84 100%
1969 68 0.000019567 68 100%
1970 58 0.000016082 58 100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 100%
1977 21 0.000006611 21 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%

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