Girls' name · since 1980
Shakedra
Shakedra has 101 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
101 girls have been named Shakedra since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shakedra has 101 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1998.
- #27,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakedra ranks #27,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakedra's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakedra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakedra splits its recorded history at 1990: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakedra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1998
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shakedra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Shakedra's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Shakedra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (55% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shakedra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1980–1998 (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 Shakedra 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.