Shira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shira: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,500 in 2005, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1500highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#1617
2002	#2105
2003	#1843
2004	#4598
2005	#1500
2006	#3116
2007	#2233
2008	#1815
2009	#1596
2010	#4012
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2013	#1956
2014	#2659
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2018	#3178
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1500 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	99	10 of 10	10
2010s	67	9 of 10	7
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1500 in England and Wales in 2005.

Shira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,500, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shirin · #414, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Humairah · #1500, 27y
Tia-Rose · #1501, 23y
Adaeze · #1502, 28y
Ajeet · #1498, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Humairah · #1500, 27y
Tia-Rose · #1501, 23y
Adaeze · #1502, 28y
Ajeet · #1498, 24y

Shira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shira without appearing here.

Shira moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Shira

Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1934 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #1862.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2705 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1977.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1956 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #1628.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #2137.

Moved the opposite way to Shira

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #2152 to #3318 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #2152 to #3318 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #1617 to #3318 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #1956 to #3318 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.

Moved the same way as Shira

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #2701 to #4056 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #2105 to #3318 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Shira went from #3795 to #5876 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1500 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shira

Shira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shira at a glance

Shira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shira and the names beside it

Shira moved ahead of

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