Girls' name · since 1972
Shaketa
375 babies named Shaketa in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 375
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaketa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 375 recorded since 1972.
Shaketa has 375 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1997.
- #14,064 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 375 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaketa ranks #14,064 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 375 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 375
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaketa's 375 recorded births place it above 80.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Shaketa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaketa's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1997
- Peak year (1984)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shaketa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (217 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Shaketa's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shaketa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 86
1970s
86 births
- 1980s
1980s
217 births
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 217 births (58% of all-time use).
Shaketa by state
Where Shaketa concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 12 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.3% |
12 of 375 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Shaketa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (217 total births); usage has since declined to 72 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Shaketas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Shaketa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1972–1997 (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 Shaketa 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.