girl's name

Shireen

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,557

Ireland

#396

1990 births

Shireen is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 40 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1923.

Shireen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shireen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1930s 5
1940s 52
1950s 160
1960s 160
1970s 209
1980s 262
1990s 248
2000s 117
2010s 93
2020s (to 2025) 44

How popular is Shireen?

In 2025, Shireen was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Shireen is used

Ireland #396 6 in 1990
Scotland #676 3 in 1990
Canada #3,478 5 in 2010
France #3,712 5 in 1996
England & Wales #4,544 5 in 2025
United States #9,695 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shireen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shireen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shireen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shireen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shireen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shireen

How popular is the name Shireen?

In 2025, Shireen was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Shireen a girl's or a boy's name?

Shireen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shireen most popular?

Shireen peaked in 1991, when 40 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Shireen a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Shireen currently ranks #4,544 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.