Shakeitha — girls' name
212 babies named Shakeitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
212 girls have been named Shakeitha since 1975, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 212
- total births
- 1975–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Shakeitha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Shakeitha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakeitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Shakeitha between 1975 and 1999, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakeitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakeitha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shakeitha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakeitha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakeitha 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 212 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.
Shakeitha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakeitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1975
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
212 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 16 births in a single year.
Shakeitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 112 births that decade — 53% of Shakeitha's all-time total
Shakeitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shakeitha's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Shakeitha by state
Where Shakeitha concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% 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, 1975–1999 (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.