Shamira — #8060 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shamira

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,537 babies named Shamira between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamira currently holds the #8060 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 477 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shamira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shamira in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shamira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,537 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.