Girls' name · since 1979
Shakura
197 babies named Shakura in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
197 girls have been named Shakura since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shakura has 197 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 2007.
- #19,990 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 197 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakura ranks #19,990 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakura's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakura's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakura splits its recorded history at 1997: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakura popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2007
- Peak year (1997)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shakura by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (118 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Shakura's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shakura births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 118 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Shakura's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2000s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakura: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1979–2007 (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 Shakura 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.