Shayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-ra
Shayra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shayra come from?
Uncertain; possibly a form of Shaira or Sayra
Is Shayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayra is a girls' name.
How popular is Shayra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Shayra in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Shayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Salma Zaira Samira Hafsa Sama Hiba Aaliyah Safiya Rahma Zainab Huda
Names related to Shayra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shayra, updated 20 October 2026.