Shakira
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning grateful or thankful.
Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Shakira by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shakira. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 511 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
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