Shiquita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shiquita

The Social Security Administration has registered 456 babies named Shiquita between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shiquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shiquita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shiquita in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiquita 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 456 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.