Shaquasha — girls' name
78 babies named Shaquasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
78 girls have been named Shaquasha since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1997.
- 78
- total births
- 1988–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
81% of everyone ever named Shaquasha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shaquasha in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaquasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Shaquasha between 1988 and 1997, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquasha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaquasha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquasha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquasha 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 78 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.
Shaquasha at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaquasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1988
- Peak year (1996)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
78 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 11 births in a single year.
Shaquasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 63 births that decade — 81% of Shaquasha's all-time total
Shaquasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaquasha's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
Shaquasha by state
Where Shaquasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 19 | 24.4% |
19 of 78 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 24.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 24.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1988–1997 (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.