Shaquanta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaquanta

The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Shaquanta between 1979 and 1996, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquanta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquanta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaquanta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquanta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquanta 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 135 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.