Shaquala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaquala

The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Shaquala between 1982 and 2004, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaquala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquala in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquala 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 355 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.