# Shakir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shakir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “thankful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,227 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,217 / 10 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 222, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاكِر (šākir, “thankful”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 15,338 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,313 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,164 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,584 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8,008 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,229 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,702 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,523 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,968 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,074 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,117 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,932 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,472 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,990 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,425 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,217 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,742 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.