Shira — #2328 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shira

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,735 babies named Shira between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shira currently holds the #2328 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 159 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shira in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shira 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 5,735 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.