Shakura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-KOOR-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Shakura is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shakura come from?
Arabic: probably feminine of Shakur 'grateful'
Is Shakura a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakura is a girls' name.
How popular is Shakura in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Shakura in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Shakura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sahara, Samira, Aisha, Sasha, Radhika, Saja, Anika, Saanvika, Salma, Dhara, Shreya, Isha
Names related to Shakura
Sakura, Shakira, Sakara, Shakyra, Sakira, Shakeria, Shakera, Shakirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Shakura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakura, updated 20 October 2026.