Girls' name · since 1974
Shaketha
Shaketha has 91 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
91 girls have been named Shaketha since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaketha has been recorded 91 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1991.
- #28,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaketha ranks #28,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaketha's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaketha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaketha's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaketha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1991
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shaketha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Shaketha's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Shaketha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Shaketha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaketha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1974–1991 (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 Shaketha 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.