Shakeemah — girls' name
16 babies named Shakeemah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Shakeemah since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1984.
- 16
- total births
- 1979–1984
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Shakeemah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shakeemah in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakeemah
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Shakeemah between 1979 and 1984, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakeemah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakeemah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shakeemah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakeemah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakeemah 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 16 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.
Shakeemah at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakeemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1979
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
16 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 6 births in a single year.
Shakeemah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Shakeemah's all-time total
Shakeemah decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shakeemah's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Shakeemah by state
Where Shakeemah concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 68.8% |
11 of 16 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 68.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 68.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1979–1984 (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.