Shaqueena — girls' name
197 babies named Shaqueena in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
197 girls have been named Shaqueena since 1982, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 197
- total births
- 1982–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Shaqueena was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shaqueena in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaqueena
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Shaqueena between 1982 and 1996, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaqueena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaqueena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaqueena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaqueena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaqueena 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 197 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.
Shaqueena at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaqueena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1982
- Peak year (1987)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
197 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 21 births in a single year.
Shaqueena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 102 births that decade — 52% of Shaqueena's all-time total
Shaqueena decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shaqueena's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Shaqueena by state
Where Shaqueena concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 59 | 29.9% |
59 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 29.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 29.9% 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, 1982–1996 (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.