Shakur

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shakur: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,241 in 2000, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1241highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1257
1999	#1505
2000	#1241
2001	#1467
2002	#3225
2003	#1513
2004	#1596
2005	#1534
2006	#2870
2007	#2435
2008	#1953
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#2660
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#2165
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1257 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1241 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shakur by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Shakur in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	2 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2010s	52	10 of 10	5
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Shakur appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1241 in England and Wales in 2000.

Shakur'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	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,241, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

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.

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Shakira · #77, 29y
Shalom · #655, 28y
Sham · #1782, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Arlind · #1241, 22y
Mitch · #1241, 25y
Shlomo · #1241, 29y
Tanveer · #1241, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arlind · #1241, 22y
Mitch · #1241, 25y
Serkan · #1241, 17y
Shlomo · #1241, 29y

Shakur 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 Shakur without appearing here.

Shakur moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4789.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Shakur

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1935.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1241 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #907.

Moved the opposite way to Shakur

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shakur

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shakur went from #1257 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1241 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Shakur at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shakur by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shakur appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shakur at a glance

Shakur by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shakur appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shakur and the names beside it

Shakur moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shakur

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