Girls' name · since 1970
Shakira
8,276 babies named Shakira in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,276
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakira currently ranks #8475 among girls' names in America, with 8,276 babies recorded since 1970.
Shakira has 8,276 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8475 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #1,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,475 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,276 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakira ranks #1,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,475 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,276 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,276
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakira's 8,276 recorded births place it above 97.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Shakira compares
8,276 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shakira's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shakira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,276 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 512 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shakira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shakira's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 512, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shakira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 512
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Shakira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,797 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Shakira's strongest decade.
2,797 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Shakira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 682
1970s
682 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,469 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,797 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,675 births
- 2010s 549
2010s
549 births
- 2020s 104
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,797 births (34% of all-time use).
How Shakira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shakira's total volume
Shakira by state
Where Shakira concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,122 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 624 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 547 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 421 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 420 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Texas | | 371 | 4.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 363 | 4.4% |
| #8 | California | | 353 | 4.3% |
1,122 of 8,276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Shakira appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shakira's data
- Shakira's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,797 total births); usage has since declined to 104 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shakiras (1,122 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shakira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shakira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.