girls:
301 births since 1987
#5415 (5th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 1995
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
318 births since 1987
#7421 (4th percentile)
The name Shakari is the #7,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 318 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,415 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 301 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1995.
Shakari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Shakari is available in 22 out of the 34 years between 1987 and 2020 (21 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shakari has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2020, 0.0% of babies named Shakari were girls. Interestingly, until around 2015, the name was more popular for girls (96.2% girls from 1987 to 2014), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2015 to 2020).
For girls, Shakari reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #817) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Shakari reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shakari".
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