Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shakira

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
Grateful
Grateful; feminine variant of Shakir

Syllables

3

Pronunciation

sh(a)-ki-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #534, 511 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8362, 12 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202512
202416
202313
202217
202121
202025
201928
201831
201723
201628

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #170, 258 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
20245
20235
20225
20215
20209
20197
201810
201719
201619

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #803, 47 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20225
20213
20206
2019–
20187
20175
20168
20157
201410

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #208, 18 births); most recent 2023 (rank #830, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
20183
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #284, 11 births); most recent 2008 (rank #572, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #128, 15 births); most recent 2009 (rank #419, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #424, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence