Shakeel
Shakeel or Shakil is a name of Arabic etymology that means "handsome". It may refer to the following people:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Shakeel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shakeel or Shakil is a name of Arabic etymology that means "handsome". It may refer to the following people:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Shakeel
The earliest SSA record of Shakeel as a baby boy name dates back to 1982, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 45 newborns named Shakeel — #1,849 in the national rankings. About 78% of every Shakeel on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shakeel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 218 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Shakeel
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About the name Shakeel
Shakeel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 218 births in the dataset. Shakeel's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,849. Use the chart and map above to compare Shakeel'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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