Unisex name · since 1987
Shaquel
Shaquel has 78 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaquel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 78 recorded since 1987.
Shaquel has 78 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1995.
- #29,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaquel ranks #29,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaquel's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaquel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaquel's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaquel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1995
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Shaquel popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 1993 (Shaquel as boys' name)
Shaquel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (65 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Shaquel's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Shaquel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 65 births (83% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shaquel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.