Sakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-KEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Sakira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “thankful, grateful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sakira mean?
Arabic: probably a spelling of Shakira
“thankful, grateful”
Shakira is the feminine of the Arabic name Shakir, from shukr 'thanks'.
Is Sakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Sakira is a girls' name.
How popular is Sakira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Sakira in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
Nicknames for Sakira
- Kira 93 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Samira, Salma, Aaliyah, Safiya, Zahara, Amira, Safia, Zahira, Samiyah, Aliya, Hiba
Names related to Sakira
Sakari, Sakura, Shakira, Zakira, Sakara, Shakyra, Shakeria, Shakera
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakira, updated 20 October 2026.