Shifra

Meaning: Beautiful, fair
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of the biblical name Shiphrah

Girl's name · #2580 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Shifra is climbing: on the charts since 1930, it reached #2580 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 70 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,700 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Shifra ran 6–10× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Shifra ranks in other countries and regions.

#3,478 in Canada (2025) · #4,201 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,510 in Austria (2024) · #7,587 in Ecuador (1994).

Famous Shifras

Shifra Lerer — Argentine-born American Yiddish theater actress (1915–2011)
Shifra Horn — Israeli writer (born 1951)
Shifra Goldman — American art historian (1926–2011)
Shifra Baruchson-Arbib — Israeli historian (born 1951)
Shifra Bronznick — American feminist activist

What Shifras become

Among 16 notable people named Shifra:

Scientists & scholars appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shifra Baruchson-Arbib, Israeli historian (born 1951).

Similar names: Tali · Sinai · Avira · Naiomi · Devora · Astra

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