Shakyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-KY-ra
- Origin
- Modern
Shakyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shakyra come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Kyra
Is Shakyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakyra is a girls' name.
How popular is Shakyra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Shakyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 61 | #2,226 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 58 | #2,270 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Shakyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Safa Salma Shayla Aaliyah Safiya Amira Summer Zaira Aliya Khadija Samara
Names related to Shakyra
Sakura Shakira Sakara Sakira Shakeria Shakera Shakirah Shakara
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Shakyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakyra, updated 20 October 2026.