Is Shakur a boy or girl name?

Shakur is a boy’s name. Of the 1,622 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.

Shakur

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Shakur was most popular in 1997, when 128 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,311 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,622 people named Shakur.

Shakur over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shakur’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shakur a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shakur is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 1,622 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Shakur

Where Shakur is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org