Girls' name · since 1976
Shakeita
Shakeita has 118 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shakeita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 118 recorded since 1976.
Shakeita has 118 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1994.
- #25,354 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakeita ranks #25,354 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shakeita's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakeita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakeita splits its recorded history at 1986: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakeita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1994
- Peak year (1985)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shakeita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (76 births, 64% of the file).
1980s was Shakeita's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Shakeita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 76 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Shakeita's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 1990s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1976–1994 (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 Shakeita 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.