Girls' name · since 1987
Shiran
Shiran has 53 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shiran is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 53 have been recorded since 1987.
Shiran has 53 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1987 to 2019.
- #34,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiran ranks #34,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shiran's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shiran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shiran splits its recorded history at 1994: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shiran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2019
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shiran by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (36 births, 68% of the file).
1990s was Shiran's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Shiran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (68% of all-time use).
Shiran by state
Where Shiran concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 11.3% |
6 of 53 births nationwide.
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- Shiran's decade-level peak was the 1990s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shirans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Shiran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1987–2019 (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 Shiran 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.