Shaquela — girls' name
108 babies named Shaquela in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
108 girls have been named Shaquela since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1996.
- 108
- total births
- 1982–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Shaquela was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shaquela in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaquela
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Shaquela between 1982 and 1996, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaquela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquela 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 108 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.
Shaquela at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaquela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1982
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
108 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 17 births in a single year.
Shaquela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 69 births that decade — 64% of Shaquela's all-time total
Shaquela decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaquela's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 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.