Shakiara — girls' name
93 babies named Shakiara in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
93 girls have been named Shakiara since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2003.
- 93
- total births
- 1988–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Shakiara was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shakiara in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakiara
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Shakiara between 1988 and 2003, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakiara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakiara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shakiara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakiara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakiara 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 93 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.
Shakiara at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakiara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1988
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
93 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Shakiara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 74 births that decade — 80% of Shakiara's all-time total
Shakiara decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shakiara's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Shakiara by state
Where Shakiara concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 7 | 7.5% |
7 of 93 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.