Shakala — girls' name
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.
The verdict
207 girls have been named Shakala since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 207
- total births
- 1987–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Shakala was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Shakala in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakala
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Shakala between 1987 and 2007, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shakala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakala 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 207 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.
Shakala at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1987
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
207 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 19 births in a single year.
Shakala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 134 births that decade — 65% of Shakala's all-time total
Shakala decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shakala's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2007 (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.