Shahira

Girls' name

Renowned

Shahira has been given to 72 babies in the U.S. since 1982. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Shahira, 2010

1 in 739,000

Shahira over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shahira: meaning, origin, and history

Renowned

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shahira means

Shahira means “renowned”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shahira is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʃa.ˈhiː.ra/ for Shahira.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 72 girls were recorded with the name Shahira between 1982 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #10,059 in 1991.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Shahira?

Shahira had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shahira sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shahira. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shahiras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shahira was born before 1991 — so the typical Shahira is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 45.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 83.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 72; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Shahira rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (8)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,059; 1991

Spellings of Shahira

Shahira is not the most common spelling — Shania is, with 12.3% against Shahira's 0.06%.

Shania12.3%15,814
Shaina9.4%11,992
Samira6.9%8,875
Shakira6.5%8,276
Shaniya5.1%6,541
Shira4.5%5,815
Shanika4.4%5,599
Shamika3.9%5,061

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Shahira around the world

Where Shahira ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2019
#5,591
in 2019
France
1998–2010
#6,112
in 2010
South Australia
1992–1993
#712
in 1993

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Shahira by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,059; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 8 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 72
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shahira

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Shatira Shanira Shaira Shakaira Shamira Shaakira Shaquira Shakeira Shaarvi Shakthi Shanaira Shadira Shaanvi Shaiel Shakira Shaiya Shanvika Shailoh Shanzay Sharian Shanele Shareta Shacola Shaunae

Sibling names for Shahira

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy Maegan

For a brother

Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom German

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