Girls' name · since 1973
Shamira
1,548 babies named Shamira in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,005 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,548
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Shamira is the #9005 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,548 recorded since 1973.
Shamira has 1,548 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9005 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #5,584 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,005 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,548 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamira ranks #5,584 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,005 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,548 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,005 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,548
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shamira's 1,548 recorded births place it above 92.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New Jersey.
How Shamira compares
1,548 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shamira's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shamira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,548 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shamira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shamira splits its recorded history at 1999: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 70 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shamira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Shamira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (477 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Shamira's strongest decade.
477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Shamira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
353 births
- 1990s
1990s
477 births
- 2000s
2000s
413 births
- 2010s 173
2010s
173 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 477 births (31% of all-time use).
How Shamira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shamira's total volume
Shamira by state
Where Shamira concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 86 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 82 | 5.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 75 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 59 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 30 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
86 of 1,548 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Shamira appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shamira's data
- Shamira's decade-level peak was the 1990s (477 total births); usage has since declined to 58 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Shamiras (86 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shamira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.