Names / Boy names
Shakir
Current rank
#6,742
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,416
in 1993
First recorded
1971
in U.S. data
Children named
1,200
since 1971
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,416 in 1993 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(SHAH-kir): thankful, grateful. Warm meaning, firm sound. It was first recorded in American naming data in 1971. It peaked in 1993 at #1,416. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 1,200 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.