Shira
Rank in 2025
#2298
recorded as girls
Up 29 since 2024
Babies in 2025
79
girls 79
Peak year
1985
157 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
5,815
since 1941
Born a Shira? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shira was most popular in 1985, when 157 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 79 babies were named Shira, ranking #2298 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 2298 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 79 | 2327 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 62 | 2757 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 70 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 75 | 2384 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 65 | 2597 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 70 | 2508 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 67 | 2584 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 70 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 90 | 2149 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 76 | 2408 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 97 | 2027 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 96 | 2020 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 78 | 2373 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 92 | 2088 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 125 | 1688 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 159 | 1463 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 151 | 1531 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 121 | 1770 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 139 | 1560 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 139 | 1500 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 137 | 1470 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 111 | 1710 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 119 | 1564 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 134 | 1411 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 114 | 1558 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 110 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 96 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 84 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 99 | 1577 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 95 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 97 | 1574 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 100 | 1554 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 116 | 1410 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 82 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 109 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 101 | 1454 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 133 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 87 | 1486 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 119 | 1187 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 157 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 119 | 1144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 132 | 1049 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 123 | 1138 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 101 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 110 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 104 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 82 | 1412 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 95 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 71 | 1464 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 70 | 1459 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 51 | 1760 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 52 | 1714 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 45 | 1856 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 38 | 2137 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 42 | 1986 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 29 | 2396 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 28 | 2296 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 22 | 2632 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 28 | 2249 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 20 | 2744 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 21 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 14 | 3458 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 18 | 2922 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 19 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 25 | 2369 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | 3104 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 19 | 2663 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 19 | 2651 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 9 | 4069 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | 3269 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 3201 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 11 | 3235 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | 3954 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.