Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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