Shakur
#3,565 most common boys' name of all time · #8,698 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1987–2025
Rank among boys
#3,565
Rank overall
#8,698 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
1,622
Since 2016
523
Peak year
1997 #1,072
Best rank
#1,072 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 128/yr
Shakur first appears in 1987. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,804 |
| 2024 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,358 |
| 2023 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,485 |
| 2021 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,164 |
| 2020 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,411 |
| 2019 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,221 |
| 2018 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,168 |
| 2016 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 2015 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,474 |
| 2014 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,758 |
| 2013 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,816 |
| 2012 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2010 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,773 |
| 2009 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2008 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,643 |
| 2007 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,294 |
| 2006 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,131 |
| 2005 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,003 |
| 2004 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,518 |
| 2003 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,029 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1999 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,991 |
| 1998 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 9 | 119 | 128 | #1,072 |
| 1996 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,886 |
| 1994 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,331 |
| 1993 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,932 |