Shira
#2,249 most common girls' name of all time · #3,836 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2025
Rank among girls
#2,249
Rank overall
#3,836 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
5,815
Since 2016
727
Peak year
2009 #1,466
Best rank
#977 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 159/yr
Shira first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,306 |
| 2024 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,334 |
| 2023 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,772 |
| 2022 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,537 |
| 2021 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,396 |
| 2020 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,607 |
| 2019 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2018 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2017 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,541 |
| 2016 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,155 |
| 2015 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,414 |
| 2014 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,032 |
| 2013 | 96 | — | 96 | #2,022 |
| 2012 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,092 |
| 2010 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,466 |
| 2008 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,534 |
| 2007 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,775 |
| 2006 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,560 |
| 2005 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,503 |
| 2004 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,472 |
| 2003 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,710 |
| 2002 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,566 |
| 2001 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,415 |
| 2000 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,564 |
| 1999 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,671 |
| 1997 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,789 |
| 1996 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,578 |
| 1995 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,592 |
| 1994 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,557 |
| 1992 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,412 |
| 1991 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,441 |
| 1989 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,456 |
| 1988 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,151 |
| 1987 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,489 |
| 1986 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,188 |
| 1985 | 157 | — | 157 | #977 |
| 1984 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,149 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,054 |
| 1982 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,145 |
| 1981 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,274 |
| 1980 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,200 |
| 1979 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,240 |
| 1978 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,419 |
| 1977 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,261 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,472 |
| 1975 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,469 |
| 1974 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,768 |
| 1973 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,723 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,875 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,162 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,003 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,434 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,332 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,673 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,285 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,798 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,802 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,572 |
| 1962 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,006 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,913 |
| 1960 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,414 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,208 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,730 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,706 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,599 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,278 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,545 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,444 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,339 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,300 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,391 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,837 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,808 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,861 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,417 |