Shaquel — unisex name
78 babies named Shaquel in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
78 girls have been named Shaquel since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 78
- total births
- 1987–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 83%
- born in that decade
83% of everyone ever named Shaquel was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Shaquel in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaquel
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Shaquel between 1987 and 1995, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Shaquel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 73 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaquel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquel 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.
Shaquel at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaquel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1987
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
78 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Shaquel popularity over time — boys
73 total births recorded since 1993 (Shaquel as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shaquel accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shaquel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 65 births that decade — 83% of Shaquel's all-time total
Shaquel decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaquel's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–1995 (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.