girls:
10 births since 1993
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1971
#3422 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1971
#6546 (15th percentile)
The name Shakir is the #6,546 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,194 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 15.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,422 (25.3% percentile) for all time with 1,184 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1993.
Shakir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1993 for girls).
The name Shakir has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Shakir reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #706) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 33 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shakir ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 29.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shakir reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #845) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shakir".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shakir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.2% confident that Shakir is pronounced as shuh-KIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-KEAR, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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