Shaquille

Boy name

Shaquille has been given to 6,156 babies in the U.S. since 1989. It peaked in 1993.

Meaning & origin

A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”)API.

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,156

Peak year

1993 (1,911 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1989

10-year trend

▼ -22%

Gender split

6% girls / 94% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Shaquille.

6,166 babies since 1955

6,096 babies since 1952

6,043 babies since 1914

6,029 babies since 1934

6,299 babies since 1971

6,303 babies since 1956

6,311 babies since 1962

6,316 babies since 1909

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