Girls' name · since 1977
Shakonda
Shakonda has 32 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
32 girls have been named Shakonda since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shakonda has 32 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1979.
- #40,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakonda ranks #40,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shakonda's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shakonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shakonda's full recorded timeline at 1979, 16% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 84% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shakonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1979
- Peak year (1977)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Shakonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (32 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Shakonda's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shakonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shakonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1977–1979 (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 Shakonda 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.