Shakir
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Shakir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “thankful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Shakir mean?
Arabic
“thankful”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shakir a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shakir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Shakir, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shakir than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Shakir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Shakir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Shakir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Shakir, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Shakir than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shakir in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
Names like Shakir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir Samir Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Umar Sabir Hassan Abdullah Yasir Aamir Syed
Names related to Shakir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Shakir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakir, updated 20 October 2026.