Shira is an uncommon variant of Sheri that peaked in 2009 and has grown less common since.
Shira is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,321 for girl births in the United States (and #4,181 across all names), given to 79 babies. Shira first appears in 1941 and peaked in 2009 (159 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | #2,321 |
| 2024 | 79 | 79 | #2,342 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | #2,783 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | #2,552 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2020 | 65 | 65 | #2,626 |
| 2019 | 70 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2018 | 67 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2017 | 70 | 70 | #2,541 |
| 2016 | 90 | 90 | #2,166 |
| 2015 | 76 | 76 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 97 | 97 | #2,034 |
| 2013 | 96 | 96 | #2,030 |
| 2012 | 78 | 78 | #2,399 |
| 2011 | 92 | 92 | #2,099 |
| 2010 | 125 | 125 | #1,695 |
| 2009 | 159 | 159 | #1,468 |
| 2008 | 151 | 151 | #1,538 |
| 2007 | 121 | 121 | #1,780 |
| 2006 | 139 | 139 | #1,566 |
| 2005 | 139 | 139 | #1,505 |
| 2004 | 137 | 137 | #1,479 |
| 2003 | 111 | 111 | #1,717 |
| 2002 | 119 | 119 | #1,571 |
| 2001 | 134 | 134 | #1,421 |
| 2000 | 114 | 114 | #1,570 |
| 1999 | 110 | 110 | #1,544 |
| 1998 | 96 | 96 | #1,674 |
| 1997 | 84 | — | #1,801 |
| 1996 | 99 | — | #1,582 |
| 1995 | 95 | — | #1,592 |
| 1994 | 97 | — | #1,581 |
| 1993 | 100 | — | #1,563 |
| 1992 | 116 | — | #1,414 |
| 1991 | 82 | — | #1,764 |
| 1990 | 109 | — | #1,443 |
| 1989 | 101 | — | #1,459 |
| 1988 | 133 | — | #1,155 |
| 1987 | 87 | — | #1,495 |
| 1986 | 119 | — | #1,193 |
| 1985 | 157 | — | #979 |
| 1984 | 119 | — | #1,151 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | #1,058 |
| 1982 | 123 | — | #1,146 |
| 1981 | 101 | — | #1,276 |
| 1980 | 110 | — | #1,203 |
| 1979 | 104 | — | #1,244 |
| 1978 | 82 | — | #1,420 |
| 1977 | 95 | — | #1,266 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | #1,477 |
| 1975 | 70 | — | #1,475 |
| 1974 | 51 | — | #1,769 |
| 1973 | 52 | — | #1,729 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | #1,884 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | #2,165 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | #2,008 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | #2,444 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | #2,351 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | #2,693 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | #2,296 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #2,816 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #2,809 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #3,612 |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #3,019 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #2,938 |
| 1960 | 25 | — | #2,425 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,230 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #2,736 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | #2,718 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,608 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,337 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,660 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #3,454 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,358 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,328 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,393 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,864 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,933 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #6,012 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,367 |