Shaquille comes from the Arabic tradition, meaning Handsome or Good Looking.
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How popular is Shaquille?
1993peak year
Shaquille first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1989. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1993, 1,785 babies received the name (ranked #181). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2946), with roughly 44 babies named Shaquille each year. Shaquille has been declining in recent years. In total, around 6,113 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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