Shirin — #8471 US girls' name
786 babies named Shirin in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Shirin was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Shirin in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shirin
The Social Security Administration has registered 786 babies named Shirin between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shirin currently holds the #8471 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shirin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shirin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 125 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shirin in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shirin 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 786 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.
Shirin at a glance
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Current rank
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Shirin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1938
- Peak year (1985)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
Currently ranks #8471 among girls.
786 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 27 births in a single year.
Shirin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 176 births that decade — 22% of Shirin's all-time total
Shirin decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 136 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shirin's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Shirin by state
Where Shirin concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 125 | 15.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 34 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
125 of 786 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.9% 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, 1938–2024 (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.