How rare is the name Shakira?

7,544 people in the United States have the first name Shakira, about 1 in 40,036. It ranks #2,978 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHAKIRA

#2,978

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,544
About
1 in 40,036
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,544 people named Shakira, 65.7% reported their origin as Black, 21.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shakira peaked in 2002, when 512 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
512
In 2025*
12 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,276 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shakira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,370. The largest share of babies named Shakira, 46.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#2,432682
1980s#1,7401,469
1990s#1,3702,797
2000s#1,6522,675
2010s#5,294549
2020s#11,317104
Generation X 1965–809.4%
Millennials 1981–9639.7%
Generation Z 1997–1246.2%
2013 and later4.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shakira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shakira has been most common in New Jersey (3.1×), Florida (2.8×), and South Carolina (2.5×), and least common in Indiana (0.22×).

6,368 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Shakira

#2,976 Kala · 7,549#2,976 Odin · 7,549#2,979 Chastity · 7,541#2,980 Theron · 7,539

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shakira, most common first.

#10,203 Shakir · 1,320#11,046 Shakera · 1,178#12,367 Shakur · 1,009#13,666 Shakyra · 879#15,170 Shakeria · 763#15,649 Shakara · 732#16,723 Shakirah · 670#24,570 Shaker · 391

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