Shakur Boy
How popular is Shakur?
#3,756 boy name in 2025
29 baby boys were named Shakur in the US in 2025, making it the 3756th most popular boy name.
Shakur popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,756 for boys (▼ 1411 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 29 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,430 in 2015, #2,391 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (119 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,063 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shakur counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shakur family of names ranked #2,360 for boys in 2025 (#1,652 the year before), with 42 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shakur | 29 | 69% |
| Shakir | 13 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shakur is most popular
Babies named Shakur per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Shakur by decade
Boy names about as popular as Shakur
Questions
- Is Shakur a boy or girl name?
- Shakur is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shakur were boys.
- How popular is the name Shakur?
- 29 baby boys were named Shakur in the US in 2025, making it the 3756th most popular boy name.
- When was Shakur most popular?
- Shakur peaked in 1997, when 119 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,063 in 1997.
- How many people are named Shakur?
- 1,622 babies have been named Shakur in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,597 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Shakur most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shakur was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.