Boys' name · since 2001
Shakai
149 babies named Shakai in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,815 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shakai currently ranks #7029 among boys' names in America, with 149 babies recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakai has been recorded 149 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #7029 nationally and more common than 50% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #14,815 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,029 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakai ranks #14,815 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,029 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,815 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,029 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shakai's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Shakai compares
149 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shakai's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shakai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shakai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shakai's full recorded timeline at 2015, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shakai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shakai popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Shakai as girls' name)
Shakai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Shakai's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shakai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (47% of all-time use).
Shakai by state
Where Shakai concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 149 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Shakais (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shakai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.