Shaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Shaira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “poetess”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Shaira mean?
Arabic: from Arabic sha'ira 'female poet'
“poetess”
In Arabic, Urdu and Persian the word shaira means a female poet.
Is Shaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaira in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Shaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Shaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Shaira, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Shaira in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Shaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Rahma Zainab Sama Salma Ayah Huda Safaa Khadija Amira
Names related to Shaira
Sara Siara Saira Sarai Sahra Shira Sairah Sahira Sahari Saria
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaira, updated 20 October 2026.