Girls' name · since 1976
Shekinah
2,146 babies named Shekinah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,146
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Shekinah is the #5613 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,146 recorded since 1976.
Shekinah has 2,146 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5613 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #4,496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,613 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,146 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shekinah ranks #4,496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,613 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,146 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,146
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shekinah's 2,146 recorded births place it above 93.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Shekinah compares
2,146 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shekinah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shekinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 109 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shekinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shekinah splits its recorded history at 2001: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 109 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shekinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 109
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Shekinah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (730 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Shekinah's strongest decade.
730 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Shekinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 54
1970s
54 births
- 1980s 253
1980s
253 births
- 1990s
1990s
604 births
- 2000s
2000s
730 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s 143
2020s
143 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 730 births (34% of all-time use).
How Shekinah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shekinah's total volume
Shekinah by state
Where Shekinah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 146 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 81 | 3.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 72 | 3.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 70 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 55 | 2.6% |
| #6 | California | | 47 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 26 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 24 | 1.1% |
146 of 2,146 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Shekinah appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shekinah's data
- Shekinah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (730 total births); usage has since declined to 143 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Shekinahs (146 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Shekinah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shekinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Shekinah 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.