Name meaning & stats
Shira
Shira means “poetry” (Hebrew origin). 5,815 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“poetry”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
5,815 US babies were named Shira between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Shira (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 84% of the family
- Shira 84%
- Shyra 12%
- Shirah 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)