How Many People Are Named Shamira?
people named Shamira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 225,006 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,548 babies named Shamira in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "guardian, protector" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shamira in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shamira alive today is about 28 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shamira first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1991, to 70 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shamira has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,986, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #9,369.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,369 |
| Best rank | #1,986 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,664 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shamira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shamira were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shamira was given 8.9 times as often in Maryland, 7.6 times in New Jersey and 4.9 times in Pennsylvania.
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