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Girl's name · #2321 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Shira reached its best rank, #979, in 1985 and ranked #2321 in 2025. About 5,800 girls have carried it since 1941.
In recent years, Shira ran 3–5× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,765 in France (2025) · #2,178 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,669 in Canada (2024).
Among 91 notable people named Shira:
Entertainers appear 2.69× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shira Haas, Israeli actress.
Similar names: Tamar · Zion · Cierra · Shoshana · Tova · Ziva
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