Shakema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakema

The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Shakema between 1974 and 2003, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 178 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakema in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakema 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 435 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.