Shakela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakela

The Social Security Administration has registered 456 babies named Shakela between 1975 and 2001, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakela in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakela 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 456 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.