How popular is the baby name Shira in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Shira.
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According to data from Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority, the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel for the Hebrew calendar year 5775 (September 25, 2014, to September 13, 2015) were Tamar and Ori.
The top Hebrew baby names in Israel were announced a few days ago.
According to data from the Population and Immigration Authority, the most popular Hebrew baby names for the Hebrew Calendar year 5774 (September 5, 2013, to September 24, 2014) were Tamar and Yosef.
1. Yosef 2. Daniel 3. Ori 4. Itai 5. Omer 6. Adam 7. Noam 8. Ariel 9. Eitan 10. David
Last year’s top Hebrew names were Noa and Noam, according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. (Later this year, the CBS will release all 3 sets of baby name rankings: Jewish, Muslim and Christian).
The most popular names given to Jewish girls this past year were Noa, Shira and Maya, and Daniel, Uri, Itai, Ido and Noam for boys. The most common pairs of names given to twins were Noam [pleasantness] and Amit [companion]; Ohr [light] and Shir [song]; Hod [glory] and Hadar [splendor]; and Shira [song] and Hodaya [thanks].
Among Arabs, the most common name is Muhammed, given to 13.8% of the boys. The most common Arab twins’ names were Muhammed and Ahmed, Muhammed and Mahmoud, and Mahmoud and Ahmed.
This comes from an article that was published in late 2004, so it’s out of date. Still, I thought it was worth posting as it’s the only twin name data for Israel that I’ve ever come across.
Israel recently released three lists of popular baby names.
According to the Central Bureau for Statistics, the country’s top names last year were:
Noam and Noa for Jewish babies,
Mohammad and Maryam for Muslim babies, and
George and Maria for Christian babies.
Here are more of the most popular baby names of 2012 within each religious group:
Jewish
Girl Names (Jewish)
Boy Names (Jewish)
1. Noa 2. Shira 3. Tamar 4. Talia 5. Maya 6. Yael 7. Sarah 8. Adele/Edel 9. Ayala 10. Michal
1. Noam 2. Uri/Ori 3. Itai 4. Yosef 5. David 6. Yehonatan 7. Daniel 8. Ariel 9. Moshe 10. Eitan
The Jewish names above were listed in my source article, but the Muslim and Christian names below (beyond the #1 names) I had to translate from Hebrew using various online tools/dictionaries, so they might not be perfect.
Muslim
Girl Names (Muslim)
Boy Names (Muslim)
1. Maryam 2. Linn 3. Rahaf 4. Lian 5. Rimas 6. Hala 7. Nur 8. Bisan 9. Malek 10. Aya
1. Mohammad 2. Ahmed 3. Mahmad 4. Yosef 5. Adam 6. Abd 7. Omar 8. Ali 9. Mahmoud 10. Amir
Christian
Girl Names (Christian)
Boy Names (Christian)
1. Maria 2. Celine 3. Aline 4. Maya 5. Nur 6. Lian 7. Miriam 8. Natalie 9. Tala 10. Miral
1. George 2. Elias 3. Majd 4. Daniel 5. Joseph 6. Hana 7. Julian 8. Charbel 9. Jude 10. Emir
A few years ago, a group of Israeli rabbis released a list of names they thought should be off-limits to Jewish children. Ariel, the 8th most popular name for Jewish baby boys last year, was on their forbidden name list. :)
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