# Shira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,815 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,815 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 220, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Americanized spelling of Shearer.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 92 | 2,099 |
| 2012 | 78 | 2,399 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,030 |
| 2014 | 97 | 2,034 |
| 2015 | 76 | 2,425 |
| 2016 | 90 | 2,166 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,541 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,607 |
| 2019 | 70 | 2,533 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,626 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,413 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,552 |
| 2023 | 62 | 2,783 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,342 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,321 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.