Shatiqua — girls' name
75 babies named Shatiqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
75 girls have been named Shatiqua since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 75
- total births
- 1984–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Shatiqua was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shatiqua in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shatiqua
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Shatiqua between 1984 and 1995, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shatiqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shatiqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shatiqua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shatiqua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shatiqua 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 75 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.
Shatiqua at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shatiqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1984
- Peak year (1992)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
75 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 15 births in a single year.
Shatiqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 46 births that decade — 61% of Shatiqua's all-time total
Shatiqua decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shatiqua's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Shatiqua by state
Where Shatiqua concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 24.0% |
18 of 75 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 24.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 24.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1984–1995 (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.