Shukri

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Thanking, thankful

Shukri has been given to 270 babies in the U.S. since 1999. 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 2008, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Shukri, 2024

1 in 478,000

Shukri over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2024, Shukri went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19752024

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.

Shukri: meaning, origin, and history

Thanking, thankful

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shukri means

Shukri means “thanking, thankful”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shukri is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃuk.riːj/ for Shukri.

Origin, language, and formation

Shukri is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 255 girls were recorded with the name Shukri between 1999 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2008; its best national rank was #7,327 in 2013.

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Shukri between 1975 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1996; its best national rank was #5,905 in 1996.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shukri?

Shukri had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 231,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shukri 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 2024 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shukri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shukris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shukri was born before 2013 — so the typical Shukri is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 45.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 98.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 255; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 45.9% of all recorded uses (117).

Is Shukri 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 2008 (18)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,327; 2013

Spellings of Shukri

Shukri is not the most common spelling — Sherri is, with 43.4% against Shukri's 0.13%.

Sherri43.4%83,667
Sheri31.4%60,464
Shari21.2%40,927
Suri1.8%3,512
Zhuri1.0%1,981
Sharri0.67%1,299
Suki0.28%546
Shukri0.13%255

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.

Shukri around the world

Where Shukri 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
1996–2023
#5,688
in 2023
Canada
1996–2002
#2,580
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Shukri 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: #7,327; 2013
Peak year: 2008; 18 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 255
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,905; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 10 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 1996
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shukri

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

Shulamis Shuree Shunte Shunda Shunta Shundra Shukrona Shunna Shulamit Shuntae Shuntel Shuntay Shuna Shuana Shuron Shuntia Shuri Shuronda Shunika Shuyan Shurla Shuntell Shunita Shubhi

Sibling names for Shukri

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

Jaylen Yamilet Dalilah Desire Jaidyn Kalia Abagail Rihanna

For a brother

Kaeden Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion

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