Shakenya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakenya

The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Shakenya between 1979 and 2002, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakenya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakenya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakenya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakenya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakenya 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 152 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.