Shaqir

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Shaqir has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 2018. 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 2018, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Shaqir, 2018

1 in 502,000

Shaqir over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shaqir: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shaqir means

Shaqir is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Shaqir is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Shaqir between 2018 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2018; its best national rank was #10,564 in 2018.

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 Shaqir?

Shaqir had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 502,000; 7 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 259,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 348,244 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shaqir sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 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 348,244 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaqir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shaqirs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaqir was born before 2018 — so the typical Shaqir is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Shaqir 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 2018 (7)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,564; 2018

Spellings of Shaqir

Shaqir is not the most common spelling — Samir is, with 35.0% against Shaqir's 0.02%.

Samir35.0%11,094
Shamar19.4%6,137
Sharif8.5%2,685
Shai7.8%2,469
Shakur5.1%1,613
Shamir4.8%1,512
Shakir3.8%1,217
Shain3.8%1,215

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.

Shaqir by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,564; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 7 that year
First recorded: 2018
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shaqir

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

Shami Shahim Shailoh Shanvik Sharvik Shamod Shahar Shailo Shanav Shamor Shafee Shauwn Shakee Shazeb Shaked Shayar Shazim Shamai Shaia Shabani Shawki Sharat Shawun Shalan

Sibling names for Shaqir

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

Oaklyn Keily Zaylee Aislinn Khaleesi Emberly Landry Avah

For a brother

Torin Kamryn Levon Merrick Bilal Mordechai Zaid Brecken

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