Shire — #15618 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Shire

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Shire between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shire currently holds the #15618 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Shire is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2022.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shire performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shire shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shire 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 32 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.