Shayra — #15894 US girls' name
182 babies named Shayra in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Shayra was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shayra in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayra
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Shayra between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayra currently holds the #15894 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shayra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shayra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayra 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 182 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.
Shayra at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Shayra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #15894 among girls.
182 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 12 births in a single year.
Shayra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 63 births that decade — 35% of Shayra's all-time total
Shayra decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shayra's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Shayra by state
Where Shayra concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.