Shakita
Shakita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198681 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1974
- 1,202people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,202 girls have been named Shakita in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 81 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 81 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 55%.
By decade
In 1986, its biggest year
Shakita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Shakita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharikapeak 1987
- Shanekapeak 1983
- Jaclynpeak 1988
- Taneshiapeak 1987
- Shanikapeak 1979
- Lateishapeak 1993
- Amandapeak 1987
- Sherikapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.