How common is the last name Shirley?

25,421 people in the United States have the last name Shirley, about 1 in 11,758. It ranks #1,355 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHIRLEY

#1,355

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,421
About
1 in 11,758
This common or more
43.2%
Who bears it

Of the 25,421 people with the last name Shirley, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shirley

#1,353 Hinojosa · 25,442#1,354 Lott · 25,441#1,356 Sterling · 25,411#1,357 Bland · 25,402

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shirley, most common first.

#36,198 Sherley · 666#37,209 Shurley · 644#128,411 Shirely · 139#137,553 Shirel · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Shirley ranks #138 of 53,615, with 360,153 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1935, with 42,801 births. See Shirley as a first name

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