Girls' name · since 1997
Sira
251 babies named Sira in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,759 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
251 babies have been named Sira since 1997, making it today's #9759 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sira recorded 251 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #9759 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #17,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,759 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sira ranks #17,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,759 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,759 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sira's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sira compares
251 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sira's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sira's full recorded timeline at 2011, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Sira by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (92 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Sira's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Sira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 92 births (37% of all-time use).
Sira by state
Where Sira concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 251 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sira's data
- Sira's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (92 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Siras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Sira 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.