Shakai — #7503 US boys' name
136 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.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Shakai was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Shakai in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakai
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Shakai between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shakai currently holds the #7503 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shakai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakai 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 136 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.
Shakai at a glance
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Current rank
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Shakai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #7503 among boys.
136 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Shakai popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Shakai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Shakai accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shakai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 57 births that decade — 42% of Shakai's all-time total
Shakai decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Shakai's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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 | 3.7% |
5 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.7% 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, 2001–2024 (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.