Shaquaya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaquaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Shaquaya between 1987 and 1996, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquaya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaquaya 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 Shaquaya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquaya 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 96 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.