Shakira

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
2002 · 512 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,276
since 1970

Shakira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shakira has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #535, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#6,93216
2023#8,05513
2022#6,70717
2021#5,74821
2020#5,00325
2019#4,77328
2018#4,45831
2017#5,51723
2016#4,85028
2015#3,02456
2014#2,80961
2013#2,83760
2012#3,04055
2011#2,27482
2010#1,688125
2009#1,492153
2008#1,664134
2007#1,075244
2006#780353
2005#1,078220
2004#1,180190
2003#747337
2002#535512
2001#850269
2000#843263
1999#845256
1998#859247
1997#596383
1996#646347
1995#768263
1994#742280
1993#786260
1992#742285
1991#797257
1990#883219
1989#960181
1988#1,033156
1987#905184
1986#1,093136
1985#1,091133
1984#1,021139
1983#988147
1982#859179
1981#1,155116
1980#1,29998
1979#1,28898
1978#1,186106
1977#1,079120
1976#1,055116
1975#1,58662
1974#1,47367
1973#1,34974
1972#3,17720
1971#6,6197
1970#4,49212
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Shakira! It came in at #4,492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Shakira is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMNIllinois: #753 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,417 girlsILWisconsin: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,043 girlsWIMichigan: #1,003 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,586 girlsMINew York: #484 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,962 girlsNYMassachusetts: #653 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,317 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #781 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,478 girlsPANew Jersey: #454 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,963 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,117 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 24,557 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedWVVirginia: #347 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,884 girlsVAMaryland: #493 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,992 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedARTennessee: #806 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,105 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #495 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,238 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #455 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,428 girlsLAMississippi: #408 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,030 girlsMSAlabama: #406 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,316 girlsALGeorgia: #470 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,969 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shakira, so not publishedHITexas: #1,190 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,246 girlsTXFlorida: #470 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,971 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Virginia#347 · 1 in 1,884
  2. Alabama#406 · 1 in 2,316
  3. Mississippi#408 · 1 in 2,030
  4. New Jersey#454 · 1 in 2,963
  5. Louisiana#455 · 1 in 2,428

Best ever in a state: #98 in Mississippi, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#347181 in 1,884
Alabama#40691 in 2,316
Mississippi#40861 in 2,030
New Jersey#454141 in 2,963
Louisiana#45591 in 2,428
Florida#470251 in 2,971
Georgia#470151 in 2,969
New York#484341 in 2,962
Maryland#49381 in 2,992
North Carolina#495131 in 3,238
Massachusetts#65361 in 5,317
Wisconsin#66651 in 5,043
Illinois#753131 in 5,417
Pennsylvania#78191 in 6,478
Tennessee#80651 in 6,105
Michigan#1,00361 in 8,586
Texas#1,190141 in 10,246
California#2,11791 in 24,557
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shakira
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,430 spots since 2024 (#6,932#8,362)
  • 3,359 spots since 2020 (#5,003#8,362)
  • 5,338 spots since 2015 (#3,024#8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 315 spots in 2002 (#850#535)
  • Biggest drop: 433 spots in 2004 (#747#1,180)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2002 at #535 (512 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1989–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,510
  • Highest: 1 in 3,510 girls born in 2002 were named Shakira (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Shakira (2,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s682#1,055 (1976)#2,330
1980s1,469#859 (1982)#1,040
1990s2,797#596 (1997)#766
2000s2,675#535 (2002)#1,024
2010s549#1,688 (2010)#3,527
2020s104#5,003 (2020)#6,801

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shakira in 1998

girls
#859
247 births · 1 in 7,154 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #859Shakira247
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 7,154 of them was named Shakira, which outranked 94.8% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shakira
  1. #855Emilia249
  2. #855Tanisha249
  3. #858Jana248
  4. #859Shakira247
  5. #859Jasmyn247
  6. #859Layla247
  7. #862Adrian246
  8. #862Delia246
  9. #862Rita246

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998