Shikira

Peak · girls
1979 · 8 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
143
since 1978

Shikira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shikira has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #7,313, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2006#12,4208
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1997#13,7245
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1992#8,7349
1991#9,3368
1990#7,88010
1989#8,0379
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Shikira! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shikira is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shikira in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shikira
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 1979 at #7,313 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 189,855
  • Highest: 1 in 189,855 girls born in 1990 were named Shikira (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,651 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #7,313 in 1979, was only 1 in 200,659 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 36.4% of all girls named Shikira (52) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s13#7,313 (1979)#8,532
1980s52#7,353 (1987)#8,407
1990s52#7,880 (1990)#10,594
2000s26#12,420 (2006)#13,235

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.

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