Shekita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shekita

The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Shekita between 1971 and 1992, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shekita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shekita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shekita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shekita in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shekita 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 300 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.