Shifra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHIF-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,564 for girls
Shifra is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Shifra mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Shiphrah
“beautiful”
In Exodus, Shiphrah is one of the two Hebrew midwives who defied Pharaoh's order to kill newborn boys.
Is Shifra a girl's or a boy's name?
Shifra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shifra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Shifra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shifra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Shifra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Shifra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,564among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Shifra, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. It first appears in the records in 1930.
2025 had the most girls named Shifra of any year since it first appeared, in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Shifra in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were given Shifra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,054, up from #2,564 for this spelling alone.
- Shifra 68
- Shiphrah 7
Shifra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Names like Shifra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Shifra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shifra, updated 20 October 2026.