Shakira

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
2002 · 512 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,276
since 1970

Shakira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shakira has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #535, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#6,93216
2023#8,05513
2022#6,70717
2021#5,74821
2020#5,00325
2019#4,77328
2018#4,45831
2017#5,51723
2016#4,85028
2015#3,02456
2014#2,80961
2013#2,83760
2012#3,04055
2011#2,27482
2010#1,688125
2009#1,492153
2008#1,664134
2007#1,075244
2006#780353
2005#1,078220
2004#1,180190
2003#747337
2002#535512
2001#850269
2000#843263
1999#845256
1998#859247
1997#596383
1996#646347
1995#768263
1994#742280
1993#786260
1992#742285
1991#797257
1990#883219
1989#960181
1988#1,033156
1987#905184
1986#1,093136
1985#1,091133
1984#1,021139
1983#988147
1982#859179
1981#1,155116
1980#1,29998
1979#1,28898
1978#1,186106
1977#1,079120
1976#1,055116
1975#1,58662
1974#1,47367
1973#1,34974
1972#3,17720
1971#6,6197
1970#4,49212
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Shakira! It came in at #4,492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Shakira is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMNIllinois: #613 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,423 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWIMichigan: #527 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,958 girlsMINew York: #456 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,976 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #401 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,010 girlsPANew Jersey: #422 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,967 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWVVirginia: #465 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,205 girlsVAMaryland: #258 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,511 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #306 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,020 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #302 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedLAMississippi: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,482 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedALGeorgia: #340 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedHITexas: #1,575 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 17,128 girlsTXFlorida: #548 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,919 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#258 · 1 in 1,511
  2. South Carolina#302 · 1 in 1,759
  3. North Carolina#306 · 1 in 2,020
  4. Georgia#340 · 1 in 2,249
  5. Pennsylvania#401 · 1 in 3,010

Best ever in a state: #98 in Mississippi, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#258171 in 1,511
South Carolina#302101 in 1,759
North Carolina#306191 in 2,020
Georgia#340181 in 2,249
Pennsylvania#401221 in 3,010
New Jersey#422151 in 2,967
Mississippi#44351 in 2,482
New York#456381 in 2,976
Virginia#465111 in 3,205
Michigan#527141 in 3,958
Florida#548191 in 3,919
Illinois#613171 in 4,423
Texas#1,57581 in 17,128
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shakira
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,430 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #8,362)
  • 3,359 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #8,362)
  • 5,338 spots since 2015 (#3,024 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 315 spots in 2002 (#850 → #535)
  • Biggest drop: 433 spots in 2004 (#747 → #1,180)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2002 at #535 (512 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1989–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,510
  • Highest: 1 in 3,510 girls born in 2002 were named Shakira (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Shakira (2,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s682#1,055 (1976)#2,330
1980s1,469#859 (1982)#1,040
1990s2,797#596 (1997)#766
2000s2,675#535 (2002)#1,024
2010s549#1,688 (2010)#3,527
2020s104#5,003 (2020)#6,801

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shakira in 1993

girls
#786
260 births · 1 in 6,958 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #786Shakira260
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 6,958 of them was named Shakira, which outranked 95.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shakira
  1. #781Terra264
  2. #784Jenifer262
  3. #785Corey261
  4. #786Shakira260
  5. #786Elisha260
  6. #786Pauline260
  7. #789Christiana259
  8. #789Dayna259
  9. #791Tyra258

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993 →