Girls' name · since 1983
Shpresa
16 babies named Shpresa in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shpresa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1983.
Shpresa has 16 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1987.
- #49,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shpresa ranks #49,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #49,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shpresa's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shpresa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shpresa's full recorded timeline at 1986, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shpresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Shpresa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Shpresa's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shpresa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shpresa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1983–1987 (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 Shpresa 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.