Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Shaquille was most popular in 1993, when 1,911 American babies were given the name — ranking #334 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,156 people named Shaquille.
Shaquille first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 37 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,156 American births named Shaquille 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 5,977 are estimated to be alive today.
43 American babies were named Shaquille in 2025, ranking #6,196 that year.
Shaquille is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 35 births a year, against 49 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -28% over the decade.
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.
Across the whole record Shaquille is mostly a boy’s name — 6.3% of the 6,156 Americans given it were girls and 93.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
Roughly 5,977 Americans named Shaquille are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 32 years old, and half are between 31 and 33. That is a narrow band: Shaquille 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.
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