Girls' name · since 1976
Shakara
896 babies named Shakara in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 896
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 896 recorded since 1976.
Shakara has 896 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2010.
- #8,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 896 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakara ranks #8,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 896 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 896
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakara's 896 recorded births place it above 88.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
Shakara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shakara's full recorded timeline at 1993, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shakara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2010
- Peak year (1990)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Shakara by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (417 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Shakara's strongest decade.
417 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shakara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 48
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
259 births
- 1990s
1990s
417 births
- 2000s
2000s
167 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 417 births (47% of all-time use).
How Shakara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shakara's total volume
Shakara by state
Where Shakara concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 41 | 4.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 28 | 3.1% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 18 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Texas | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
41 of 896 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Shakara's decade-level peak was the 1990s (417 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Shakaras (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Shakara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1976–2010 (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 Shakara 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.