Shamira

Peak · girls
1991 · 70 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,548
since 1973

Shamira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shamira has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,979, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,86011
2024#7,96713
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021#9,56210
2020#13,4536
2019#9,11211
2018#5,61922
2017#9,94310
2016#8,39313
2015#5,83322
2014#7,63615
2013#8,58013
2012#5,71023
2011#7,43616
2010#4,97428
2009#4,48233
2008#4,64732
2007#3,42848
2006#3,50545
2005#3,58741
2004#3,56641
2003#3,29144
2002#2,81953
2001#3,54937
2000#3,40439
1999#3,56934
1998#3,22238
1997#3,22436
1996#3,09338
1995#2,62347
1994#2,46551
1993#2,48950
1992#2,15662
1991#1,97970
1990#2,40251
1989#2,07260
1988#2,64640
1987#2,30946
1986#2,34443
1985#3,51724
1984#2,22744
1983#3,06527
1982#3,09328
1981#3,34025
1980#4,51716
1979#3,66821
1978#5,95810
1977#4,23516
1976#6,0489
1975#7,9846
1974#8,7755
1973#6,6667
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Shamira! It came in at #6,666, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Shamira is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shamira in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shamira
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 893 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,860)
  • 4,593 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #8,860)
  • 3,027 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,979 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,786
  • Highest: 1 in 26,786 girls born in 1991 were named Shamira (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.8% of all girls named Shamira (477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s74#3,668 (1979)#6,191
1980s353#2,072 (1989)#2,913
1990s477#1,979 (1991)#2,722
2000s413#2,819 (2002)#3,628
2010s173#4,974 (2010)#7,324
2020s58#7,967 (2024)#10,090

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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