Siiri

Girls' name

Victory + beautiful, through Sigrid

Siiri has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 1903. 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 1916, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Siiri, 2011

1 in 610,000

Siiri 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Siiri: meaning, origin, and history

Victory + beautiful, through Sigrid

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Siiri means

Siiri belongs to the name family reached through Siiri → Sigrid → Sigríðr. Its meaning is “victory + beautiful”.

Origin, language, and formation

Siiri is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sigrid and Sigríðr.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Siiri is pronounced /ˈsiːri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Siiri between 1903 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1916; its best national rank was #2,047 in 1903.

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.

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How common is Siiri?

Siiri had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Siiri 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 2011 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 422,582 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Siiri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Siiris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Siiri was born before 1977 — so the typical Siiri is around 48 today.

Median birth year: 1977; About 48 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 44.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Siiri 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 1916 (6)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #2,047; 1903

Spellings of Siiri

Siiri is not the most common spelling — Sheri is, with 40.2% against Siiri's 0.03%.

Sheri40.2%60,464
Shari27.2%40,927
Kairi4.2%6,256
Shira3.9%5,815
Saira2.4%3,645
Suri2.3%3,512
Sari2.2%3,372
Sigrid2.1%3,110

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.

Siiri 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: #2,047; 1903
Peak year: 1916; 6 that year
First recorded: 1903
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Siiri

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

Thiri Emiri Tziri Zamiri Ahmiri Jamiri Kamiri Yairi Ciri Cairi Jasiri Yeiri Shiri Ruairi Camiri Mairi Nairi Nyairi Asiri Tahiri Damiri Tamiri Kanairi Keiri

Sibling names for Siiri

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

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Meyer Gustave

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