Shirin
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Shirin is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Shirin mean?
Persian
A female given name from Persian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shirin a girl's or a boy's name?
Shirin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shirin in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shirin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shirin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Shirin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 girls in the US were named Shirin, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1985, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
Half of all the girls named Shirin in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shirin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
Names like Shirin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yasmin, Summer, Anya, Saanvi, Aisha, Simran, Maya, Hana, Sasha, Priya, Jasmine, Safa
Names related to Shirin
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Casper, Cyrus, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan, Jazmin
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, “Shirin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shirin, updated 20 October 2026.