Shakiyla — girls' name
398 babies named Shakiyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
398 girls have been named Shakiyla since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 398
- total births
- 1990–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shakiyla was born in this single decade.
152 babies were named Shakiyla in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shakiyla
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Shakiyla between 1990 and 1995, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakiyla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 152 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakiyla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 398 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shakiyla in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shakiyla 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 398 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.
Shakiyla at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shakiyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1990
- Peak year (1991)
- 152
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
398 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 152 births in a single year.
Shakiyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 398 births that decade — 100% of Shakiyla's all-time total
Shakiyla decade highlights
- Peak decade 398 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shakiyla's strongest decade
398 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Shakiyla by state
Where Shakiyla concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 38 | 9.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 29 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 27 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 24 | 6.0% |
| #5 | California | | 23 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 15 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 2.8% |
38 of 398 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 9.5% of nationwide
- New York 7.3% of nationwide
- Virginia 6.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.0% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shakiyla appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1990–1995 (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.