Shirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
Shirah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shirah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shira
A female given name from Hebrew.
Meaning borrowed from Shira. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shirah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Shirah in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Shirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Farah Hadassah Aaliyah Safa Farrah Zainab Salem Salma Safiya Samira Selah
Names related to Shirah
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, “Shirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shirah, updated 20 October 2026.