Shiran
Shiran is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Shiran
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shiran is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Shiran
The earliest SSA record of Shiran as a baby girl name dates back to 1987, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Shiran — #10,478 in the national rankings. About 68% of every Shiran on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shiran last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shiran
Shiran is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Shiran's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #10,478. Use the chart and map above to compare Shiran's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.