Shamira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shah-MEER-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Shamira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Shamira mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Shamir; also taken as a variant of Arabic Samira
In Jewish legend the shamir was a wonder that could cut stone, used to build Solomon's Temple.
Is Shamira a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shamira in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 6 girls.
Shamira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Shamira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Shamira, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Shamira in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,307 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Shamira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Safiya, Aaliyah, Khadija, Halima, Hiba, Sumayyah, Amira, Saba, Zainab, Safia
Names related to Shamira
Samira, Samara, Samaira, Samirah, Sumaira, Samaria, Semira, Samyra, Zhamira, Samora
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Shamira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamira, updated 20 October 2026.