Shakisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Shakisha between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakisha 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 234 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.