Not exactly . . .
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Shirley is unisex, no doubt about that, but the name was already highly popular and trendy for girls when Shirley Temple was named. She was given a popular name but her personal popularity kept the name popular for longer.
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Yes but what I was trying to say and failing obviously :) is that her fame helped to edge it out of the unisex list and onto the girls only list, I doubt many parents looking for a name for their son now a days would even realise Shirley was once a boys name too