Shaquoia — girls' name
72 babies named Shaquoia in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
72 girls have been named Shaquoia since 1985, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2003.
- 72
- total births
- 1985–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shaquoia was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shaquoia in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaquoia
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Shaquoia between 1985 and 2003, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaquoia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquoia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaquoia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquoia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquoia 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 72 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.
Shaquoia at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaquoia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1985
- Peak year (1991)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
72 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 12 births in a single year.
Shaquoia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 50% of Shaquoia's all-time total
Shaquoia decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaquoia's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Shaquoia by state
Where Shaquoia concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.9% |
5 of 72 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1985–2003 (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.