Shakeena — girls' name
508 babies named Shakeena in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
508 girls have been named Shakeena since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2006.
- 508
- total births
- 1973–2006
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Shakeena was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Shakeena in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakeena
The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Shakeena between 1973 and 2006, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakeena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakeena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakeena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakeena in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakeena 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 508 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.
Shakeena at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakeena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1973
- Peak year (1983)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
508 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 35 births in a single year.
Shakeena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 272 births that decade — 54% of Shakeena's all-time total
Shakeena decade highlights
- Peak decade 272 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shakeena's strongest decade
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Shakeena by state
Where Shakeena concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 91 | 17.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 4.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.0% |
91 of 508 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1973–2006 (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.