girls:
1.5k births since 1973
#4222 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1973
#6221 (20th percentile)
The name Shamira is the #6,221 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,524 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 19.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,222 (26.1% percentile) for all time with 1,524 births since 1973.
Shamira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973).
For girls, Shamira reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #785) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Shamira ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 14.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shamira".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shamira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Shamira is pronounced as shuh-MEE-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-MIH-ruh, at 45.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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