Girls' name · since 1978
Shirita
41 babies named Shirita in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shirita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Shirita recorded 41 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1987.
- #37,376 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shirita ranks #37,376 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #37,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shirita's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shirita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shirita splits its recorded history at 1983: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shirita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1987
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Shirita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 73% of the file).
1980s was Shirita's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Shirita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shirita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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, 1978–1987 (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 Shirita 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.