Girls' name · since 1978
Shakeera
Shakeera has 154 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakeera sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 154 recorded since 1978.
Shakeera has 154 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2002.
- #22,520 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakeera ranks #22,520 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakeera's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Shakeera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakeera splits its recorded history at 1992: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakeera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2002
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shakeera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (94 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Shakeera's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Shakeera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 94 births (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.
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- Shakeera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Shakeeras (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakeera: 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 (~24 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, 1978–2002 (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 Shakeera 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.