girl's name

Sira

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,885

France

#485

2025 births

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

  • Peaked in France in 2025, when 100 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 5,895 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1970.

Sira over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

490
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Sira by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 30
1980s 155
1990s 170
2000s 275
2010s 490
2020s (to 2025) 460

How popular is Sira?

In 2025, Sira was given to 100 babies in France, ranking #485 that year. It is a rare choice.

Where Sira is used

France #485 100 in 2025
Canada #3,702 5 in 2023
England & Wales #6,755 3 in 2023
United States #9,689 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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Sira is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Sîra Sîra is a rare spelling of Sira, written with a circumflex and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Sira

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

Parents who like Sira also like

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

Sibling names for Sira

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

Common questions about Sira

How popular is the name Sira?

In 2025, Sira was given to 100 babies in France, ranking #485 that year. It is a rare choice.

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

Sira is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sira most popular?

Sira peaked in 2025, when 100 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Sira a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sira currently ranks #485 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.