girl's name

Shikira

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 154

Shikira is a girl's name. In 2006 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Shikira over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Shikira by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 13
1980s 52
1990s 52
2000s (to 2006) 26

How popular is Shikira?

In 2006, Shikira was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shikira is used

England & Wales #5,794 3 in 2007
United States #12,500 8 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shikira

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shikira also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shikira over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shikira

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shikira — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shikira

How popular is the name Shikira?

In 2006, Shikira was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shikira a girl's or a boy's name?

Shikira is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shikira most popular?

Shikira peaked in 1990, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.