Shakera

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962

Peak · girls
1993 · 102 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,374
since 1972

Shakera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shakera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #1,529, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#14,9626
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2010#16,9925
2009#17,2945
2008#8,96513
2007#8,52014
2006#4,95328
2005#7,50015
2004#6,76817
2003#4,41829
2002#3,39440
2001#3,86433
2000#3,21642
1999#3,24539
1998#3,57333
1997#2,36056
1996#2,08466
1995#1,93971
1994#1,74484
1993#1,529102
1992#1,530102
1991#2,03467
1990#1,97469
1989#2,61843
1988#2,09355
1987#2,06553
1986#2,22846
1985#2,93931
1984#2,67734
1983#2,72132
1982#2,83032
1981#4,74615
1980#4,32717
1979#4,23117
1978#4,93113
1977#4,06917
1976#5,21511
1975#7,9846
1974#5,01111
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Shakera! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shakera is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMINew York: #1,932 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,200 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #923 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,323 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #841 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,651 girlsVAMaryland: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,728 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #523 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,221 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedALGeorgia: #926 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,128 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shakera, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#523 · 1 in 3,221
  2. Maryland#670 · 1 in 4,728
  3. Virginia#841 · 1 in 6,651
  4. Pennsylvania#923 · 1 in 8,323
  5. Georgia#926 · 1 in 7,128

Best ever in a state: #266 in South Carolina, 1992.

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South Carolina#52351 in 3,221
Maryland#67051 in 4,728
Virginia#84151 in 6,651
Pennsylvania#92371 in 8,323
Georgia#92661 in 7,128
New York#1,93251 in 20,200
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Shakera
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1993 at #1,529 (102 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,736
  • Highest: 1 in 17,736 girls born in 1993 were named Shakera (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 50.1% of all girls named Shakera (689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s80#4,069 (1977)#5,676
1980s358#2,065 (1987)#2,924
1990s689#1,529 (1993)#2,201
2000s236#3,216 (2000)#6,889
2010s11#14,962 (2012)#15,977

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shakera in 1997

girls
#2,360
56 births · 1 in 31,084 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #2,360Shakera56
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 31,084 of them was named Shakera, which outranked 85.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shakera
  1. #2,328Shannan57
  2. #2,328Shantelle57
  3. #2,328Zharia57
  4. #2,360Shakera56
  5. #2,360Avalon56
  6. #2,360Azalea56
  7. #2,360Caryn56
  8. #2,391Alexie55
  9. #2,391Anessa55
  10. #2,391Briley55

Tied with 30 names at #2,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →