Shakur

girls:

9 births since 1997

#5707 (0th percentile)

boys:

1.5k births since 1987

#3134 (32nd percentile)

overall:

1.5k births since 1987

#6216 (20th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shakur".

1987 2023 19872023

Key Statistics

Total Births
9
Peak Births
9
Peak Year
1997
First Recorded
1997
Peak Percentile
0.5%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#859
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
1,520
Peak Births
119
Peak Year
1997
First Recorded
1987
Peak Percentile
14.4%
Current Percentile
6.3%
Peak Rank
#678
Current Rank
#854
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Shakur

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shakur. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 80.6% confident that Shakur is pronounced as shuh-KOOR. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAH-ker, at 19.4% confidence.

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80.6%
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shuh-KOOR (2 syllables)
80.6% confidence
SH AH0 K UH1 R
SHAH-ker (2 syllables)
Verified
19.4% confidence
SH AA1 K ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Shakur. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Shakur, please vote using the thumbs up button.

SHAH-kihr (2 syllables)
3 names 1.2k births
SH AA1 K IH0 R
shuh-KUE-ruh (3 syllables)
2 names 208 births
SH AH0 K UW1 R AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH AH0 K UH1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.