NameTides

Shifra

Shifra was the #2,564 girls' name in the US in 2025 (68 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Shifra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shifra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Shifra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,564 (68)#4,201 (5)#3,478 (5)
2024#3,395 (46)#3,319 (7)—
2023#3,225 (50)#4,057 (5)—
2022#3,313 (48)#3,534 (6)—
2021#3,339 (47)#2,942 (8)—
2020#4,263 (32)#3,117 (7)—
2019#3,451 (45)#4,001 (5)—
2018#3,245 (49)——
2017#2,873 (58)#2,706 (9)—
2016#3,707 (41)#3,609 (6)—
2015#4,488 (31)#3,252 (7)—
2014#3,719 (41)#3,514 (6)—
2013#4,002 (37)#4,050 (5)—
2012#3,419 (47)#3,681 (6)—
2011#3,550 (44)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,564.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1930.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shifra is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shifra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shifra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShifraCanadaGirls#3,4785
ShifraEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
ShifraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShifraUSGirls#2,56468