Shaquita
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 178 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,391since 1970
Shaquita over time
Rank among girls' names. Shaquita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,228 | 141 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,254 | 138 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,077 | 168 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,066 | 166 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,060 | 160 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,092 | 144 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,033 | 150 | — | |
| 1986 | #906 | 178 | — | |
| 1985 | #907 | 174 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,021 | 139 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,159 | 114 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,735 | 64 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shaquita! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shaquita is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#224 · 1 in 1,209
- Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,177
- Alabama#330 · 1 in 2,154
- South Carolina#403 · 1 in 2,596
- North Carolina#417 · 1 in 3,105
Best ever in a state: #147 in Mississippi, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #224 | 11 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Georgia | #325 | 18 | 1 in 2,177 |
| Alabama | #330 | 10 | 1 in 2,154 |
| South Carolina | #403 | 7 | 1 in 2,596 |
| North Carolina | #417 | 12 | 1 in 3,105 |
| Virginia | #422 | 11 | 1 in 3,158 |
| Illinois | #465 | 21 | 1 in 3,456 |
| Louisiana | #494 | 8 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Tennessee | #628 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Florida | #770 | 10 | 1 in 6,942 |
| Texas | #1,281 | 9 | 1 in 14,319 |
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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 Shaquita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1985 (#1,021 → #907)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1987 (#906 → #1,033)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1986 at #906 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1985–1986
- Highest: 1 in 9,638 girls born in 1986 were named Shaquita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 51.2% of all girls named Shaquita (1,225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 226 | #1,998 (1979) | #4,058 |
| 1980s | 1,225 | #906 (1986) | #1,296 |
| 1990s | 892 | #1,066 (1990) | #2,443 |
| 2000s | 48 | #7,580 (2000) | #12,460 |
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.
Shaquita in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 11,591 of them was named Shaquita, which outranked 92.2% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,025Marion151
- #1,025Rosalinda151
- #1,025Salina151
- #1,033Shaquita150
- #1,033Cecily150
- #1,033Cherelle150
- #1,033Ida150
- #1,038Alexandrea149
- #1,038Carli149
- #1,038Shaneka149
Tied with 4 names at #1,033; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.