Ashira
Feminine · “I will sing”
Ashira is a promise to sing. It is the first word of the song at the Red Sea in Exodus, the oldest poetry in the Hebrew Bible: I will sing to the Lord. Modern Hebrew took the word and made a name of it, and it is given in Israel and among Jewish families elsewhere.
How old is the name Ashira?
Ashira first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Ashira alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 600 people named Ashira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ashira most popular?
Ashira peaked in 2012, reaching #4601 nationally. Today it ranks #4878, 277 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ashira to Ashira
The story of Ashira
Modern Hebrew naming often takes a word straight out of the text, and the choice of word says something: Ashira comes from a moment of deliverance and celebration rather than from a person. The name has been given in Israel since the mid twentieth century and has spread to Jewish families in the United States, Britain and France. Its shape also sits comfortably beside a set of unrelated names, Ashira and Amira and Samira among them, which has helped it travel.
Meaning
I will sing
Hebrew ashira, the first person future of shir, to sing. It opens the Song of the Sea in Exodus, which scholars regard as among the oldest surviving passages in the Bible.
How the name formed
- ashira
- Ashira
Related forms: אשירה
Pronouncing Ashira
ah-SHEE-rah
Three syllables, stress in the middle in ordinary use; Hebrew grammar puts it at the end, ah-shee-RAH. Both are heard.
Nicknames for Ashira
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 201231 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4601reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +28.6%27 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ashira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אשירה in Hebrew — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Ashiras among us
people named Ashira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 59,528 born in 2025 was named Ashira
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lyann test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ashira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lyann climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lyann's path sketches the road Ashira is walking now.
Ashira sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ashira is headed
Ashira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ashira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ashira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete first-person sentence, which is rare and memorable.
- Shira and Ash are ready short forms of quite different registers.
- Three open syllables make it easy for English speakers to say.
- Ashira and Amira are close enough to be swapped by people writing quickly.
- The stress moves between Hebrew and English use.
- Outside Jewish communities the source is invisible and gets explained often.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ashiras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ashira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ashira in 2025?
- Ashira ranks #4878 among US girl names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ashira?
- About 1 in every 59,528 US girls born in 2025 was named Ashira — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ashira with classmates?
- Ashira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ashira
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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