Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shakir

#4,243 most common boys' name of all time · #10,380 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#4,243
Rank overall
#10,380 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,227
Since 2016
181
Peak year
1993 #1,418
Best rank
#1,418 1993
Girls Boys peak 73/yr
198020002020

Shakir first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,549
2024 — 19 19 #5,119
2023 — 18 18 #5,326
2022 — 20 20 #4,904
2021 — 23 23 #4,410
2020 — 15 15 #5,783
2019 — 10 10 #7,796
2018 — 19 19 #4,986
2017 — 27 27 #3,923
2016 — 17 17 #5,401
2015 — 16 16 #5,586
2014 — 18 18 #5,130
2013 — 10 10 #7,705
2012 — 13 13 #6,411
2011 — 18 18 #5,071
2010 — 21 21 #4,577
2009 — 29 29 #3,667
2008 — 30 30 #3,599
2007 — 27 27 #3,843
2006 — 30 30 #3,485
2005 — 18 18 #4,708
2004 — 21 21 #4,192
2003 — 36 36 #2,754
2002 — 30 30 #3,061
2001 — 30 30 #3,025
2000 — 28 28 #3,115
1999 — 28 28 #2,994
1998 — 29 29 #2,827
1997 — 30 30 #2,648
1996 — 32 32 #2,470
1995 — 52 52 #1,727
1994 5 41 46 #2,033
1993 5 68 73 #1,418
1992 — 39 39 #2,035
1991 — 20 20 #3,189
1990 — 19 19 #3,264
1989 — 28 28 #2,400
1988 — 12 12 #4,062
1987 — 19 19 #2,814
1986 — 20 20 #2,664
1985 — 9 9 #4,566
1984 — 15 15 #3,071
1983 — 18 18 #2,660
1982 — 19 19 #2,584
1981 — 18 18 #2,659
1980 — 22 22 #2,357
1979 — 26 26 #2,045
1978 — 18 18 #2,556
1977 — 20 20 #2,354
1976 — 14 14 #2,933
1975 — 18 18 #2,444
1974 — 9 9 #3,805
1973 — 5 5 #5,649
1972 — 5 5 #5,561
1971 — 8 8 #3,957