Shakila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-KEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Shakila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-formed, beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Shakila mean?
Arabic
“well-formed, beautiful”
Is Shakila a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shakila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Shakila, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shakila than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Shakila in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Shakila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Shakila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Shakila in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Shakila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saba, Sabiha, Safiya, Safa, Samira, Safia, Habiba, Saliha, Halima, Salma, Faiza, Fariha
Names related to Shakila
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shakila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakila, updated 20 October 2026.