# Shakira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shakira/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,276 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,276 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,462, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 2,295 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,089 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,868 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,837 |
| 2015 | 56 | 3,052 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,971 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,641 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,545 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,886 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,146 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,919 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,947 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,424 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,207 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,792 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Shakira

- Shakira Austin, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Deandra Dottin, Barbadian cricketer

## 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.