Shaquita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaquita

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,391 babies named Shaquita between 1970 and 2005, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 178 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaquita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 261 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquita in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquita 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 2,391 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.