Girls' name · since 1991
Shakeelah
Shakeelah has 28 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Shakeelah since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakeelah has been recorded 28 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2006.
- #41,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakeelah ranks #41,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakeelah's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakeelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakeelah splits its recorded history at 1993: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakeelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2006
- Peak year (1991)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shakeelah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
1990s was Shakeelah's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Shakeelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Shakeelah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakeelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1991–2006 (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 Shakeelah 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.