girls:
539 births since 1979
#5177 (9th percentile)
overall:
539 births since 1979
#7200 (7th percentile)
The name Shaira is the #7,200 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 539 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,177 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 539 births since 1979.
Shaira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for girls in 1979). Birth data for Shaira is available in 39 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Shaira reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #917) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shaira ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 64.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaira".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shaira", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shira..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shaira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.5% confident that Shaira is pronounced as SHAI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAY-ruh, at 32.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like SH AY1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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