Shakari
The Story of Shakari
As a girl name
American parents first put Shakari on the record books as a girl name in 1987, with 37 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 50 Shakaris were born — ranking #2,437 that year. About 55% of every Shakari on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shakari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 301 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shakari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1995, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1995: 7 births, good for #6,992 nationwide. About 41% of every Shakari on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shakari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shakari
Shakari is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 301 births in the dataset. Shakari's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,437. Use the chart and map above to compare Shakari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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