Shakur

Where Shakur comes from

Borrowed from Arabic شَكُور (šakūr, “thankful, grateful”). This surname is predominantly found in India.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shakur
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #6,089 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #1,065
    119 babies named Shakur — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,966.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.