Unisex name · since 1964
Shire
37 babies named Shire in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 1964
- 2020s
- peak decade
37 babies have been named Shire since 1964, making it today's #15252 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Shire recorded 37 times among girls since 1964, holding rank #15252 nationally today, ahead of 12% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #38,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,252 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 37 born since 1964
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shire ranks #38,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,252 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37 born since 1964, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37
- born since 1964
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shire's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shire compares
37 13th percentile among 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
Shire's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shire splits its recorded history at 2018: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shire popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Shire popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2022 (Shire as boys' name)
Shire by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Shire's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (41% of all-time use).
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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, 1964–2025 (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 Shire 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.