Shira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
Shira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
What does Shira mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shira a girl's or a boy's name?
Shira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Shira, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Shira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Shira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,298th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Shira, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 159 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Shira in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 97 | #2,027 |
| 2013 | 96 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,463 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,531 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,770 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,560 |
| 2005 | 139 | #1,500 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | 111 | #1,709 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,563 |
| 2001 | 134 | #1,410 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,556 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,537 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,665 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 99 | #1,575 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,584 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,570 |
| 1993 | 100 | #1,552 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,407 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,746 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,435 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,451 |
| 1988 | 133 | #1,146 |
| 1987 | 87 | #1,485 |
| 1986 | 119 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 157 | #976 |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,144 |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 123 | #1,138 |
| 1981 | 101 | #1,271 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,197 |
| 1979 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,412 |
| 1977 | 95 | #1,257 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,760 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,137 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
Names like Shira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya, Prisha, Aisha, Isha, Krisha, Sasha, Saanvi, Shreeja, Priya, Hana, Saanvika, Raya
Names related to Shira
Siara, Saira, Shriya, Sahra, Siera, Sahira, Sira, Shyra, Shaira, Shariah
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, “Shira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shira, updated 20 October 2026.