Shakila
Shakila Mohseni Sedaghat, known mononymously as Shakila, is an Iranian singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California. She is an international artist who has performed in various languages including Persian, Kurdish, English, Turkish, Hindi and Spanish. She has won a Persian Music Academy Award in 2006 and a Global Music Award in 2015.
Meaning & Origin of Shakila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shakila Mohseni Sedaghat, known mononymously as Shakila, is an Iranian singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California. She is an international artist who has performed in various languages including Persian, Kurdish, English, Turkish, Hindi and Spanish. She has won a Persian Music Academy Award in 2006 and a Global Music Award in 2015.
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The Story of Shakila
Shakila first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 75 Shakilas were born — ranking #1,876 that year. As of 2026, Shakila ranks #16,763 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 536 Shakilas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shakila
Shakila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 536 births in the dataset. Shakila's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,876. Use the chart and map above to compare Shakila'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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