Shakeera — girls' name
154 babies named Shakeera in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
154 girls have been named Shakeera since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 154
- total births
- 1978–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Shakeera was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shakeera in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakeera
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Shakeera between 1978 and 2002, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakeera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakeera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakeera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakeera in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakeera 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 154 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.
Shakeera at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakeera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1978
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
154 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 21 births in a single year.
Shakeera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 94 births that decade — 61% of Shakeera's all-time total
Shakeera decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shakeera's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Shakeera by state
Where Shakeera concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 7.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 7.1% |
11 of 154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 7.1% 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, 1978–2002 (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.