Shaquinta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaquinta

The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Shaquinta between 1980 and 1995, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquinta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquinta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaquinta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquinta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquinta 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 149 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.