Shiri
Shiri is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Shiri
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shiri 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 Shiri
American parents first put Shiri on the record books as a baby girl name in 1960, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 12 Shiris were born — ranking #5,214 that year. About 32% of every Shiri on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shiri last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 219 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shiri
Shiri is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 219 births in the dataset. Shiri's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #5,214. Use the chart and map above to compare Shiri'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.