Shakur
7
Babies in 2024
+133%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 12
+75%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Shakur
Shakur peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (12 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 7 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Shakur reached its peak in 2005, when 12 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,534 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 7 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 27 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 186 boys have been officially registered with the name Shakur in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 59 boys were registered with the name, starting from 3 in 2014 and ending at 7 in 2024.