Shaquille
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Shaquille is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Shaquille mean?
Arabic
“handsome”
A male given name from Arabic of modern American usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shaquille a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaquille is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaquille in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 76 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shaquille in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Shaquille in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 28 | #713 |
| 1999 | 33 | #611 |
| 1998 | 41 | #525 |
| 1997 | 56 | #429 |
| 1996 | 76 | #342 |
How popular is Shaquille in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Shaquille, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 1,785 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Shaquille in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 28% of the babies named Shaquille in the US in 1990, and 4% in 1995.
Shaquille in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,221 |
| 1996 | 250 | #661 |
| 1995 | 494 | #457 |
| 1994 | 1,270 | #234 |
| 1993 | 1,785 | #181 |
| 1992 | 523 | #426 |
| 1991 | 199 | #715 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,113 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
Names like Shaquille
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ryan Dylan Luke Connor Cody Adam Nathan Brody Jake Logan Declan Ethan
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Shaquille: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaquille, updated 20 October 2026.