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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Shira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shira” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shira” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shira” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shira” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shira” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shira” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 28 0.000008056 28 100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 100%
1970 42 0.000011646 42 100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 100%
1972 45 0.000014318 45 100%
1973 52 0.000017236 52 100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 100%
1975 70 0.000023183 70 100%
1976 71 0.000023399 71 100%
1977 95 0.000029907 95 100%
1978 82 0.000025836 82 100%
1979 104 0.000031259 104 100%
1980 110 0.000031935 110 100%
1981 101 0.000029196 101 100%
1982 123 0.000035063 123 100%
1983 132 0.000038114 132 100%
1984 119 0.00003411 119 100%
1985 157 0.000043989 157 100%
1986 119 0.000033454 119 100%
1987 87 0.000024129 87 100%
1988 133 0.000035994 133 100%
1989 101 0.000026272 101 100%
1990 109 0.000027578 109 100%
1991 82 0.000021051 82 100%
1992 116 0.000030198 116 100%
1993 100 0.000026523 100 100%
1994 97 0.000026092 97 100%
1995 95 0.000025941 95 100%
1996 99 0.000027144 99 100%
1997 84 0.000023168 84 100%
1998 96 0.0000261 96 100%
1999 110 0.000029779 110 100%
2000 114 0.000030159 114 100%
2001 134 0.000035796 134 100%
2002 119 0.000031833 119 100%
2003 111 0.000029193 111 100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 100%
2005 139 0.000036152 139 100%
2006 139 0.000035135 139 100%
2007 121 0.000030268 121 100%
2008 151 0.000038416 151 100%
2009 159 0.000041621 159 100%
2010 125 0.000033823 125 100%
2011 92 0.000025152 92 100%
2012 78 0.000021327 78 100%
2013 96 0.000026333 96 100%
2014 96 0.000025901 96 100%
2015 76 0.000020535 76 100%
2016 90 0.000024532 90 100%
2017 70 0.000019574 70 100%
2018 67 0.000019056 67 100%
2019 70 0.000020167 70 100%
2020 65 0.000019458 65 100%
2021 75 0.000022137 75 100%
2022 70 0.000020691 70 100%
2023 62 0.000018724 62 100%
2024 79 0.000023734 79 100%

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