Girls' name · since 1982
Shakerah
29 babies named Shakerah in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakerah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Shakerah recorded 29 times among girls since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1994.
- #41,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakerah ranks #41,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakerah's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakerah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shakerah's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shakerah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1994
- Peak year (1992)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shakerah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 79% of the file).
1990s was Shakerah's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Shakerah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakerah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 1982–1994 (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 Shakerah 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.