Shakira
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 512 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,276since 1970
Shakira over time
Rank among girls' names. Shakira has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 |
| 2015 | #3,024 | 56 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 |
| 2010 | #1,688 | 125 |
| 2009 | #1,492 | 153 |
| 2008 | #1,664 | 134 |
| 2007 | #1,075 | 244 |
| 2006 | #780 | 353 |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 |
| 2004 | #1,180 | 190 |
| 2003 | #747 | 337 |
| 2002 | #535 | 512 |
| 2001 | #850 | 269 |
| 2000 | #843 | 263 |
| 1999 | #845 | 256 |
| 1998 | #859 | 247 |
| 1997 | #596 | 383 |
| 1996 | #646 | 347 |
| 1995 | #768 | 263 |
| 1994 | #742 | 280 |
| 1993 | #786 | 260 |
| 1992 | #742 | 285 |
| 1991 | #797 | 257 |
| 1990 | #883 | 219 |
| 1989 | #960 | 181 |
| 1988 | #1,033 | 156 |
| 1987 | #905 | 184 |
| 1986 | #1,093 | 136 |
| 1985 | #1,091 | 133 |
| 1984 | #1,021 | 139 |
| 1983 | #988 | 147 |
| 1982 | #859 | 179 |
| 1981 | #1,155 | 116 |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 |
| 1979 | #1,288 | 98 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 106 |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 120 |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,473 | 67 |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
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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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#360 · 1 in 1,387
- South Carolina#542 · 1 in 2,400
- Alabama#621 · 1 in 2,998
- Louisiana#806 · 1 in 4,045
- Georgia#868 · 1 in 4,802
Best ever in a state: #98 in Mississippi, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #360 | 9 | 1 in 1,387 |
| South Carolina | #542 | 8 | 1 in 2,400 |
| Alabama | #621 | 7 | 1 in 2,998 |
| Louisiana | #806 | 5 | 1 in 4,045 |
| Georgia | #868 | 11 | 1 in 4,802 |
| Virginia | #1,038 | 6 | 1 in 6,270 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,091 | 7 | 1 in 7,906 |
| North Carolina | #1,120 | 7 | 1 in 6,868 |
| New York | #1,202 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Florida | #1,643 | 7 | 1 in 12,297 |
| Illinois | #1,741 | 5 | 1 in 13,245 |
| Texas | #1,996 | 10 | 1 in 16,772 |
| California | #3,197 | 6 | 1 in 38,224 |
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See more about Shakira
- 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)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2002 at #535 (512 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1989–2003
- 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%)
- 33.8% of all girls named Shakira (2,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 682 | #1,055 (1976) | #2,330 |
| 1980s | 1,469 | #859 (1982) | #1,040 |
| 1990s | 2,797 | #596 (1997) | #766 |
| 2000s | 2,675 | #535 (2002) | #1,024 |
| 2010s | 549 | #1,688 (2010) | #3,527 |
| 2020s | 104 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
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1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 14,111 of them was named Shakira, which outranked 91.9% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,657Roxy135
- #1,657Vivianna135
- #1,657Yajaira135
- #1,664Shakira134
- #1,664Arionna134
- #1,664Briseida134
- #1,664Evalyn134
- #1,677Alyna133
- #1,677Brynna133
- #1,677Harlow133
Tied with 12 names at #1,664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.