Girls' name · since 1973
Shekira
159 babies named Shekira in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shekira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 159 recorded since 1973.
Shekira has 159 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 2006.
- #22,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shekira ranks #22,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shekira's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shekira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shekira's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shekira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2006
- Peak year (1992)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Shekira by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (67 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Shekira's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Shekira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 67 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Shekira's decade-level peak was the 1980s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shekira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1973–2006 (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 Shekira 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.