Shakur
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Shakur is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “thankful, grateful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Shakur mean?
Arabic
“thankful, grateful”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shakur a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shakur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shakur, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Shakur than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shakur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shakur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
How popular is Shakur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Shakur, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 119 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer boys named Shakur than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Shakur in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,156 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,063 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,318 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Shakur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yahya, Aarav, Hamza, Shivansh, Muhammad, Umar, Yuvraj, Ayaan, Amir, Shaan, Rayan, Veer
Names related to Shakur
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, 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, “Shakur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakur, updated 20 October 2026.