# Shaquille (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shaquille/  
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 | “handsome” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Shaq |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,156 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,769 / 387 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 416, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).

## What it means

Shaquille is grouped under beauty.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35 | 3,215 |
| 1991 | 52 | 2,444 |
| 1992 | 85 | 1,751 |
| 1993 | 126 | 1,334 |
| 1994 | 69 | 2,043 |
| 1995 | 20 | 4,991 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,420 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,708 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,394 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,292 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,382 |
| 2016 | 53 | 2,431 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,629 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,412 |
| 2019 | 47 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,495 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,853 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,601 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,982 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,965 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Shaquille

- Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Shaquille Harrison, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Shaquille Leonard, American football player (born 1995)
- Isaiah Taylor, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Rashawn Thomas, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Daniel Phillips, English association football player

## 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.