Shakira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shakira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shakira: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #77 in 2002, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#823
1997	#750
1998	#869
1999	#490
2000	#601
2001	#732
2002	#170
2003	#278
2004	#428
2005	#438
2006	#349
2007	#332
2008	#510
2009	#586
2010	#623
2011	#1327
2012	#1018
2013	#1360
2014	#1367
2015	#1549
2016	#1635
2017	#1628
2018	#2499
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4056 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #823 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shakira appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,459 births with the name.

Shakira across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shakira's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#823 (1996)	#170 (2002)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	1,459 (1996–2024)	258 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#208 (2002)	#208 (2002)	#856 (2023)	18 of 22	118 (2002–2023)	18 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#128 (2002)	#419 (2009)	6 of 11	39 (1999–2009)	15 (2002)

Shakira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shakira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	142	4 of 10	36
2000sbusiest	1,047	10 of 10	105
2010s	241	10 of 10	24
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 105 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2001 and 2002, when recorded births rose by 224, from 34 to 258.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shakira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 2002.

Shakira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#623	61	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#586	65	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#510	76	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#332	132	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#349	124	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#438	84	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#428	84	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#278	146	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#170	258	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#732	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#601	44	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#490	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#750	31	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#823	27	High	Verified
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New Zealand	female	#77	52	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#173	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 258 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shakeel · #680, 27y
Shakir · #983, 27y
Shakur · #1241, 27y
Shalom · #655, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cory · #77, 33y
Kayden · #77, 30y
Shayne · #76, 34y
Kaleb · #75, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cory · #77, 33y
Kayden · #77, 30y
Shannen · #77, 17y
Tiana · #77, 31y

Shakira was ranked #77 in New Zealand · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shakira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shakira without appearing here.

Shakira moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #823 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #750 and #1450.

Moved ahead of Shakira

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Shakira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shakira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shakira went from #823 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shakira

Shakira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shakira across 3 official records

Shakira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shakira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shakira at a glance

Shakira across 3 official records

Shakira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shakira appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shakira

Shakira and the names beside it

Shakira moved ahead of

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