# Shakur (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shakur/  
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”, “grateful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,613 / 9 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 189, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَكُور (šakūr, “thankful, grateful”). This surname is predominantly found in India.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9 | 9,664 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,955 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,108 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,844 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,763 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,500 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,828 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,184 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,609 |
| 2019 | 63 | 2,227 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,412 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,168 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,489 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,217 |
| 2024 | 60 | 2,364 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,832 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## 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.