Shireen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shireen: Recorded since 1989, its highest recorded position is #380, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#380highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#2738
1998	#1211
1999	#1675
2000	#1995
2001	#2466
2002	#2301
2003	#1843
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#2862
2015	#4736
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2023	#4709

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1989–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #503 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1989–1990
Highest recorded position: #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1989–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Shireen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 151 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1989.

Shireen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shireen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1211 (1998)	#4709 (2023)	24 of 28	151 (1996–2023)	16 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#503 (1989)	#380 (1990)	#380 (1990)	2 of 2	9 (1989–1990)	6 (1990)

Shireen 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 Shireen in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	41	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
2010s	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Shireen appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1989 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Shireen'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	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	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1989 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #380, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Shira · #1500, 28y
Shirin · #414, 40y
Shirley · #30, 72y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Elysia · #380, 29y
Estella · #380, 30y
Michaella · #380, 30y
Ayyub · #379, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Labhaoise · #380, 12y
Michaella · #380, 30y
Stefanie · #386, 33y
Annemarie · #389, 24y

Shireen was ranked #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shireen 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 Shireen without appearing here.

Shireen moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2301 and #4137.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #4684.
Lene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #4157.

Moved ahead of Shireen

Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1843 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1535.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Cameron Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2862 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #1783.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2759 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Shireen

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Shireen

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shireen went from #1646 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1989 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shireen

Shireen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shireen across 2 official records

Shireen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Shireen at a glance

Shireen across 2 official records

Shireen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Shireen and the names beside it

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