Shireka — girls' name
43 babies named Shireka in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Shireka since 1980, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1989.
- 43
- total births
- 1980–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shireka was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shireka in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shireka
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Shireka between 1980 and 1989, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shireka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shireka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shireka 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 43 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.
Shireka at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shireka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
43 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 8 births in a single year.
Shireka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 43 births that decade — 100% of Shireka's all-time total
Shireka decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shireka's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.