Girls' name · since 1988
Shakyla
358 babies named Shakyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 358
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shakyla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 358 recorded since 1988.
Shakyla has 358 recorded births among girls since 1988, 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 1988 to 2017.
- #14,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 358 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakyla ranks #14,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 358 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 358
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shakyla's 358 recorded births place it above 79.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Shakyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shakyla's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shakyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2017
- Peak year (1992)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Shakyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (171 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Shakyla's strongest decade.
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shakyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
159 births
- 2000s
2000s
171 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 171 births (48% of all-time use).
Shakyla by state
Where Shakyla concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 358 births nationwide.
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- Shakyla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (171 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Shakylas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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 Shakyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1988–2017 (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 Shakyla 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.