Girls' name · since 1975
Shekina
176 babies named Shekina in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,145 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
176 girls have been named Shekina since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shekina has 176 recorded births among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 2011.
- #21,145 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shekina ranks #21,145 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,145 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shekina's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Shekina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shekina's full recorded timeline at 1987, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shekina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2011
- Peak year (1976)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Shekina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Shekina's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Shekina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (35% of all-time use).
Shekina by state
Where Shekina concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 176 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shekina's data
- Shekina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Shekinas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shekina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1975–2011 (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 Shekina 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.