Shir — #15919 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shir

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Shir between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shir currently holds the #15919 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shir 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 190 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.