Shakenna — girls' name
52 babies named Shakenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
52 girls have been named Shakenna since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1997.
- 52
- total births
- 1979–1997
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
81% of everyone ever named Shakenna was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shakenna in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakenna
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Shakenna between 1979 and 1997, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakenna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakenna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shakenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakenna 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 52 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.
Shakenna at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1979
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
52 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 8 births in a single year.
Shakenna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 42 births that decade — 81% of Shakenna's all-time total
Shakenna decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shakenna's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–1997 (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.