Girls' name · since 1976
Shakerra
Shakerra has 287 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakerra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 287 have been recorded since 1976.
Shakerra has 287 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2007.
- #16,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 287 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakerra ranks #16,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 287 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shakerra's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Shakerra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shakerra's full recorded timeline at 1992, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shakerra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2007
- Peak year (1993)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2007.
287 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 27 births in a single year.
Shakerra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (154 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Shakerra's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Shakerra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
154 births
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 154 births (54% of all-time use).
Shakerra decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Shakerra by state
Where Shakerra concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 287 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Shakerra's data
- Shakerra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (154 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Shakerras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakerra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1976–2007 (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 Shakerra 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.
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