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Shaquille

#2,926 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Handsome

Shaquille has been given to 6,156 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #2,926 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 1,785 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Shaquille, 2025

1 in 77,100

Shaquille over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K2K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shaquille over time

In 2025, Shaquille went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shaquille: meaning, origin, and history

Handsome

Arabic

What Shaquille means

Shaquille means “handsome”, associated with šakīl.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Shaquille (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Shaquille is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Shaquille comes through Arabic شَكِيل.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,769 boys were recorded with the name Shaquille between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,785 in 1993; its best national rank was #181 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,494 in 2020 to #2,926 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,381 in 2015 to #2,926 in 2025.

In the United States, 387 girls were recorded with the name Shaquille between 1990 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 126 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,332 in 1993.

How common is Shaquille?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 77,100
43 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 39,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,926
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
53,441 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shaquille 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 2025 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 53,441 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaquille. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shaquilles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaquille was born before 1994 — so the typical Shaquille is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
83.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,769
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 83.4% of all recorded uses (4,814).

Is Shaquille 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
+1,037
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−432
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−545
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.78×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.4%
Peak was 1993 (1,785)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#181
1993

Where Shaquille is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shaquille was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 34,571 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).

010 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 10,000
  2. 2Delaware1 in 12,500
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 14,286
  4. 4Florida1 in 16,667
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 16,667
  7. 7New York1 in 16,667
  8. 8Alabama1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaquille has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shaquille is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shaquille was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 489,181 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 100,000
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Louisiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaquille has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shaquille around the world

Where Shaquille ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #2,922
    in 2024
  • France
    1996–1996
    #3,695
    in 1996
  • Canada
    1991–2005
    #2,303
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1993–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Shaquille

People whose public names include Shaquille, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shaquille in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Shaquille. Linked forms have their own page here.

ShaquilShaquill

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Shaquille by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,926
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 432
Best rank ever
#181
1993
Peak year
1993
1,785 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,769
Count in 2025
43

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,332
1993
Peak year
1993
126 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
387
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shaquille

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

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Names with a curve like Shaquille

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shaquille, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Shaquille

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

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