Shequita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shequita

The Social Security Administration has registered 602 babies named Shequita between 1971 and 1995, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shequita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 128 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shequita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 414 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shequita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shequita in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shequita 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 602 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.