Shireen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Shireen is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Shireen mean?
Persian
A female given name from Persian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shireen a girl's or a boy's name?
Shireen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shireen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Shireen, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shireen than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Shireen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Shireen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Shireen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Shireen, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
2025 had more girls named Shireen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Shireen in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shireen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Shireen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya, Simran, Sanvi, Sharvi, Saanvi, Shanvi, Saavi, Shreya, Shriya, Savreen, Amrit, Anya
Names related to Shireen
Sereen, Sirena, Sireen, Shereen, Shirin, Shareen, Siren, Sareen
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Shireen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shireen, updated 20 October 2026.