Shakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Shakira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Shakira mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Shakir.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shakira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Shakira, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 284 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Shakira since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Shakira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Shakira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 81 | #525 |
| 2007 | 133 | #362 |
| 2006 | 133 | #353 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 84 | #465 |
| 2003 | 163 | #283 |
| 2002 | 284 | #167 |
| 2001 | 34 | #783 |
| 2000 | 45 | #642 |
| 1999 | 63 | #511 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Shakira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Shakira, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 512 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Shakira than any year since 1971.
Half of all the girls named Shakira in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,688 |
| 2009 | 153 | #1,492 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,664 |
| 2007 | 244 | #1,075 |
| 2006 | 353 | #780 |
| 2005 | 220 | #1,078 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,179 |
| 2003 | 337 | #747 |
| 2002 | 512 | #535 |
| 2001 | 269 | #850 |
| 2000 | 263 | #843 |
| 1999 | 256 | #844 |
| 1998 | 247 | #859 |
| 1997 | 383 | #596 |
| 1996 | 347 | #646 |
| 1995 | 263 | #767 |
| 1994 | 280 | #741 |
| 1993 | 260 | #785 |
| 1992 | 285 | #741 |
| 1991 | 257 | #795 |
| 1990 | 219 | #881 |
| 1989 | 181 | #957 |
| 1988 | 156 | #1,032 |
| 1987 | 184 | #905 |
| 1986 | 136 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 133 | #1,091 |
| 1984 | 139 | #1,021 |
| 1983 | 147 | #988 |
| 1982 | 179 | #859 |
| 1981 | 116 | #1,155 |
| 1980 | 98 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | 98 | #1,288 |
| 1978 | 106 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,055 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,586 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,473 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
Names like Shakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aisha, Khadija, Aaliyah, Samira, Amira, Safiya, Summer, Halima, Salma, Sabiha, Saba
Names related to Shakira
Sakura, Shakirah, Shakera, Shakara, Shakiera, Shakeira, Shakyra, Sakara, Sakira, Shakeria
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Shakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakira, updated 20 October 2026.