Shaka
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 83.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 697since 1970
Shaka over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
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| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
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| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,709 | 39 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shaka! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2007, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shaka is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#635 · 1 in 8,646
Best ever in a state: #635 in New York, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #635 | 15 | 1 in 8,646 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shaka
- 5,176 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #12,008)
- 6,028 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1977 at #1,515 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,411 boys born in 1977 were named Shaka (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all boys named Shaka (181) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 170 | #1,515 (1977) | #2,835 |
| 1980s | 181 | #1,709 (1987) | #3,270 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,747 (1992) | #3,906 |
| 2000s | 39 | #6,316 (2000) | #9,788 |
| 2010s | 71 | #7,087 (2010) | #8,526 |
| 2020s | 60 | #5,874 (2022) | #7,345 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shaka in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 136,989 of them was named Shaka, which outranked 57.5% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,598Yasamin14
- #5,598Yelena14
- #5,598Ysenia14
- #5,895Shaka13
- #5,895Aaryn13
- #5,895Adair13
- #5,895Aesha13
- #6,277Aaren12
- #6,277Abigael12
- #6,277Addy12
Tied with 381 names at #5,895; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 54,694 of them was named Shaka, which outranked 77.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,849Rosario36
- #1,849Rowdy36
- #1,849Shamir36
- #1,879Shaka35
- #1,879Amin35
- #1,879Ashraf35
- #1,879Brando35
- #1,909Amador34
- #1,909Barrington34
- #1,909Cheyne34
Tied with 29 names at #1,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.