Girls' name · since 1987
Shakala
207 babies named Shakala in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,489 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakala sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 207 recorded since 1987.
Shakala has 207 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2007.
- #19,489 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakala ranks #19,489 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,489 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakala's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakala splits its recorded history at 1997: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2007
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shakala by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (134 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Shakala's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Shakala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
134 births
- 2000s 51
2000s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 134 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Shakala's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (134 total births) through the 2000s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1987–2007 (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 Shakala 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.