Girls' name · since 1978
Shakiya
804 babies named Shakiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 804
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shakiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 804 recorded since 1978.
Shakiya has 804 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2019.
- #8,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 804 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakiya ranks #8,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 804 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 804
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shakiya's 804 recorded births place it above 87.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Shakiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakiya splits its recorded history at 1998: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2019
- Peak year (2003)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Shakiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (384 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Shakiya's strongest decade.
384 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shakiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 89
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
229 births
- 2000s
2000s
384 births
- 2010s 86
2010s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 384 births (48% of all-time use).
How Shakiya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shakiya's total volume
Shakiya by state
Where Shakiya concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 19 | 2.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.6% |
19 of 804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Shakiya appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Shakiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (384 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Shakiyas (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1978–2019 (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 Shakiya 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.