Shakera — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakera

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,374 babies named Shakera between 1972 and 2012, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 689 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shakera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakera in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakera 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 1,374 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.