Boys' name · since 2022
Shukuru
Shukuru has 20 recorded births since 2022 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,573 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
20 babies have been named Shukuru since 2022, making it today's #10573 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shukuru recorded 20 times among boys since 2022, holding rank #10573 nationally today, ahead of 24% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #29,215 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,573 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shukuru ranks #29,215 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,573 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 20 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,573 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shukuru's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shukuru compares
20 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Shukuru's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shukuru | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shukuru's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shukuru's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shukuru popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Shukuru by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Shukuru's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shukuru births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2022–2025 (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 Shukuru 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.