Shir
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHEER
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Shir is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “song”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Shir mean?
Hebrew: modern Israeli name from the Hebrew word
“song”
The same word appears in Shir HaShirim, the Hebrew title of the biblical Song of Songs.
Is Shir a girl's or a boy's name?
Shir is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Shir, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more girls named Shir than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Shir in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shir in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Shir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Navi, Sanvi, Prisha, Anya, Shreya, Anvi, Priya, Avani, Dhriti, Shriya, Navya
Names related to Shir
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Shir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shir, updated 20 October 2026.