Given name & surname
Shira
“my joyous song”
Shira is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “my joyous song.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “my joyous song.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,815
- 0 boys · 5,815 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 159 babies
- 2025
- 79
- #2,321 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 79 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,321 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 159 in 2009. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,995 as a first name in 2020; 675 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shira’s family of names
Shira has a related form in Shiree. Shira has a related form in Shiri. Shira has a related form in Shirah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Shirivariant
- Shirevariant
- Shireevariant
- Shirahvariant
- Shirralikely variant
- Shearervariant · English
- Shiritvariant
- Shirayvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shira
- Shira HaasIsraeli actressborn 1995
- Shira RishonyIsraeli judokaborn 1991
- Shira GeffenIsraeli film director, screenwriter and actorborn 1971
- Shira NaorIsraeli actressborn 1993
- Shira TarrantAmerican writerborn 1963
- Shira WillnerGerman figure skaterborn 1993
Characters named Shira: Lumiya (Star Wars character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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