Shakir
Shakir is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199368 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,204people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,204 boys have been named Shakir in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 68 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Shakir was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Shakir
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Octaviouspeak 1992
- Akilpeak 1994
- Deshunpeak 1994
- Taronpeak 2004
- Demarcopeak 1998
- Montrellpeak 2006
- Desmonpeak 1992
- Deshonpeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.