Is my name in π?
Is Shirley in π?
Yes! Shirley first turns up at decimal place 1,988,175.
From letters to digits
- S7
- H4
- I4
- R7
- L5
- E3
- Y9
Letter by letter, Shirley becomes 7447539 (7 digits).
The spot
7447539
Decimal place 1,988,175. You'd read about 2 million digits of π before you reached it.
Next door in π
- 4,565 digits back to hostess
- 4,565 digits back to insteps
- Comte de Buffon, 1,230 digits on
- sniffle, 2,588 digits on
Nearest of all: Comte de Buffon, just 1,230 digits to the right.
Chalk talk
All 7 digits, present and correct.
At 2,000 digits a page, your name is 994 pages in.
How early is Shirley?
Number 1,462 of 2,007: Shirley beats 27% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.
Names close to Shirley
Shirley made our list from the US baby-name charts.
§ 3
Your number is in π.*
We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.