Shakima — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakima

The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Shakima between 1974 and 2004, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakima performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakima shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakima in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakima 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 627 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.