Shakura

Girls' name

Feminine form of Shakur

Shakura has been given to 197 babies in the U.S. since 1979. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Shakura, 2007

1 in 571,000

Shakura over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shakura: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Shakur

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shakura means

Shakura is a feminine form of Shakur.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shakura is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʃa.ˈkuː.ra/ for Shakura.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Shakura → Shakur. The family’s meaning is “thankful, grateful”, recorded in English with the source elements šakūr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shakur.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 197 girls were recorded with the name Shakura between 1979 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1997; its best national rank was #4,973 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Shakura?

Shakura had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 571,000; 7 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 275,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 395,862 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shakura sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 395,862 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shakura. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shakuras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shakura was born before 1997 — so the typical Shakura is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 59.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 197; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 59.9% of all recorded uses (118).

Is Shakura rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1997 (21)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 48.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,973; 1997

Spellings of Shakura

Shakura is not the most common spelling — Shauna is, with 43.6% against Shakura's 0.31%.

Shauna43.6%28,071
Shakira12.8%8,276
Shara7.7%4,945
Shandra4.7%3,018
Shakia3.7%2,358
Sakura2.8%1,783
Shamara2.6%1,660
Shamira2.4%1,548

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Shakura by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,973; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 21 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 197
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shakura

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Shanzay Shayana Shaqura Shaddai Shanyla Shaanvi Sharvi Shakti Sharaya Shayma Shakthi Shaili Shaarvi Shalva Shahad Shaima Shalaya Shaivi Kamoura Shataya Sharren Shatyra Shamere Shakala

Sibling names for Shakura

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Dasia Yasmeen Bryana Iman Cydney Kalie Reilly Reanna

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Demarco Marquez Dontae Ronaldo Deion Tariq

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