Shequetta — girls' name
17 babies named Shequetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Shequetta since 1982, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 17
- total births
- 1982–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shequetta was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shequetta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shequetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Shequetta between 1982 and 1988, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shequetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shequetta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shequetta 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 17 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.
Shequetta at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shequetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1982
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
17 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 6 births in a single year.
Shequetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Shequetta's all-time total
Shequetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shequetta's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–1988 (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.