Shirel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shee-REL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Shirel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “song of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Shirel mean?
Hebrew: modern Hebrew, from shir 'song' + El 'God'
“song of God”
Is Shirel a girl's or a boy's name?
Shirel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shirel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Shirel, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Shirel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shirel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Names like Shirel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem, Raya, Saanvi, Selah, Siya, Sariyah, Shiloh, Sarahi, Navi, Safa, Anya, Arya
Names related to Shirel
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, “Shirel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shirel, updated 20 October 2026.