girls:
5.7k births since 1941
#2212 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1941
#3617 (53rd percentile)
The name Shira is the #3,617 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,656 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 53.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,212 (61.3% percentile) for all time with 5,656 births since 1941.
Shira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (first recorded for girls in 1941). Birth data for Shira is available in 78 out of the 83 years between 1941 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, Shira reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 18.9% percentile (ranked #649) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 84 births per million (ranked 18.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shira ranks #890 for girls (6.0% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 42.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shira".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Shira is pronounced as SHEE-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHIH-ruh, at 34.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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