Shacara — girls' name
333 babies named Shacara in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
333 girls have been named Shacara since 1981, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.
- 333
- total births
- 1981–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shacara was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Shacara in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shacara
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Shacara between 1981 and 2009, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shacara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shacara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shacara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shacara in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shacara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shacara at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shacara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1981
- Peak year (1989)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
333 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 34 births in a single year.
Shacara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 163 births that decade — 49% of Shacara's all-time total
Shacara decade highlights
- Peak decade 163 births
- Runner-up 137 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shacara's strongest decade
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Shacara by state
Where Shacara concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
Top 5 states
- Florida 6.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.