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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shamira

Shamira was the 9372nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1992nd with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,373 places. More babies were named Shamira in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#9,372 girls, up 5,478 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
11girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199170 babies
Total since 1880
1,548babies recorded

Shamira popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#9,37211
2020#14,8506
2010#5,08528
2000#3,44839
1990#2,43151
1980#4,70116
1970——
1960——
1950——
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How popular is Shamira, counting every spelling?

Shamira has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Shamira?

11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shamira (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shamira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shamira.

Chance of another Shamira in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Shamira?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Shamira are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 20 and 37. That makes Shamira mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shamira: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shamira, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shamira

How popular is the name Shamira?

Shamira was the 9372nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1992nd with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,373 places. More babies were named Shamira in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shamira a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shamira in the US.