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Shakur

Rank in 2024
#2,363
Born in 2024
59
Peak year
1997 · #1066
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 59 boys were named Shakur, about 1 in every 29,073.
  • It peaked in 1997 with 119 babies, ranked #1066.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1987.
  • 1,582 boys have been named Shakur since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Shakur per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 295 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 708 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 579 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Arabic شَكُور (šakūr, “thankful, grateful”). This surname is predominantly found in India.

  • A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Shakur, CC BY-SA 4.0.