Shireen
Shireen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199140 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1923
- 1,345people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,345 girls have been named Shireen in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 40 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shireen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 160 | |
| 1970s | 209 | |
| 1980s | 262 | |
| 1990s | 248 | |
| 2000s | 117 | |
| 2010s | 93 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Shireen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Shireen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Blancapeak 1990
- Corinthiapeak 1992
- Lynnaepeak 1971
- Randapeak 1991
- Andreapeak 1981
- Devonnapeak 1993
- Tannapeak 1979
- Britapeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.