How Many People Are Named Shirley Maclaine?

There are approximately 1 people named Shirley Maclaine living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Shirley with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Maclaine. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Shirley

Last Name

Maclaine

Shirley: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Shirley. The peak year was 1935 with 42,800 births. The average person named Shirley today is 74 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Shirley

In the 2020 Census, the first name Shirley was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (72.72%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (18.13%) and Hispanic (3.45%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Shirley in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Shirley rose or fell over time.

White

72.72%

Black

18.13%

Hispanic

3.45%

Asian/Pacific Islander

3.00%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.71%

Two or More Races

1.99%

Ancestry of the Maclaine Surname

The surname Maclaine was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Maclaine in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

86.07%

Black

0.82%

Hispanic

5.74%

Asian/Pacific Islander

4.10%

American Indian/Alaska Native

3.28%

How we calculated this

The first name "Shirley" has an estimated frequency of 0.0732% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Maclaine" appears at a rate of 0.04 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Shirley are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Shirley

Shirley Smith Shirley Johnson Shirley Williams Shirley Brown Shirley Jones Shirley Garcia Shirley Jackson Shirley Gray

Other people with the surname Maclaine

Michael Maclaine Robert Maclaine James Maclaine John Maclaine William Maclaine David Maclaine

Shirley Maclaine: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Shirley Maclaine?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Shirley Maclaine are alive in the United States today. The first name Shirley is shared by 250,929 Americans, and the surname Maclaine is shared by 140.

How rare is the name Shirley Maclaine?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Shirley is common and the surname Maclaine is very rare.

Is Shirley a male or female name?

Shirley is predominantly female, with 1.4% of bearers being male and 98.6% female. It peaked in popularity in 1935 and the average bearer today is 74 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Shirley?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Shirley was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (72.72%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (18.13%) and Hispanic (3.45%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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