Shiri — girls' name
225 babies named Shiri in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
225 girls have been named Shiri since 1960, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2025.
- 225
- total births
- 1960–2025
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Shiri was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shiri in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shiri
The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Shiri between 1960 and 2025, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shiri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiri performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shiri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shiri in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shiri 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 225 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.
Shiri at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shiri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1960
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
225 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 12 births in a single year.
Shiri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 70 births that decade — 31% of Shiri's all-time total
Shiri decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shiri's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Shiri by state
Where Shiri concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 225 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–2025 (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.