Shakia
Recorded 1974–2016 · United States
Shakia was most popular in 1993, when 153 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,973 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,358 people named Shakia.
Shakia over time
How old is the name Shakia?
Shakia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1974, which makes it about 51 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 52 years since. It was last recorded in 2016.
How many people are named Shakia?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,358 American births named Shakia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,304 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shakia in 2025?
Shakia was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Shakia getting more or less popular?
Shakia is out of use. It averaged 5 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shakia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shakia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,358 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shakia?
Roughly 2,304 Americans named Shakia are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 31 and 41. That is a narrow band: Shakia arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shakia is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org