Shakura — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakura

The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Shakura between 1979 and 2007, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakura performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakura shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakura 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 197 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.