Girls' name · since 1972
Shakera
1,374 babies named Shakera in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,374
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakera is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,374 have been recorded since 1972.
Shakera has 1,374 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2012.
- #6,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,374 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakera ranks #6,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,374 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,374
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakera's 1,374 recorded births place it above 91.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Shakera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shakera's full recorded timeline at 1992, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 102 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shakera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2012
- Peak year (1992)
- 102
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Shakera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (689 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Shakera's strongest decade.
689 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shakera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 80
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
358 births
- 1990s
1990s
689 births
- 2000s 236
2000s
236 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 689 births (50% of all-time use).
How Shakera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shakera's total volume
Shakera by state
Where Shakera concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 128 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 92 | 6.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 90 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 82 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 66 | 4.8% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 63 | 4.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 41 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 22 | 1.6% |
128 of 1,374 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Shakera appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shakera's data
- Shakera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (689 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shakeras (128 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shakera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shakera draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.