Girls' name · since 1979
Shaqueta
Shaqueta has 145 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaqueta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 145 recorded since 1979.
Shaqueta has 145 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1993.
- #23,152 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaqueta ranks #23,152 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaqueta's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaqueta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaqueta's full recorded timeline at 1986, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaqueta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1993
- Peak year (1987)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Shaqueta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (95 births, 66% of the file).
1980s was Shaqueta's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Shaqueta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
95 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 95 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Shaqueta's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 1990s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaqueta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
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, 1979–1993 (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 Shaqueta 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.