Shakita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,202 babies named Shakita between 1974 and 2001, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 666 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakita in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakita 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 1,202 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.