Feminine dossier · first seen 1941

Shira

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shira
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

159

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1941Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

50.3%

2024

All-time

5,735

Shira has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 159 girls were named Shira.

In 2024, only 79 girls were given the name.

Down 50.3% from its peak.

All told, about 5,735 Americans have been named Shira and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1941.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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