Given name
Shakilah
“beautiful one”
Shakilah is a variant of Shakila. In Arabic use, Shakila carries the interpretation “beautiful one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shakilah is a variant of Shakila. In Arabic use, Shakila carries the interpretation “beautiful one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shakilah connects to the Shakil name family through Shakila. An origin associated with Shakil is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shakilah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1992.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shakilah’s family of names
Shakilah has a related form in Shakila.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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