Shaakira — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaakira

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Shaakira between 1976 and 2000, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaakira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaakira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaakira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaakira in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaakira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 224 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.