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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shakayla

Shakayla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1685th with 105 babies. More babies were named Shakayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
2000105 babies
Total since 1880
1,734babies recorded

Shakayla popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#10,15810
2010#4,17236
2000#1,685105
1990#3,13736
1980——
1970——
1960——
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1920——
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1890——
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How popular is Shakayla, counting every spelling?

Shakayla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shakayla?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Shakayla are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 21 and 31. That makes Shakayla mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shakayla by state

How common Shakayla was among girls born in each state in 1998–2002, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (7.5×), South Carolina (6.3×), Louisiana (6.2×), Georgia (3.1×), North Carolina (2.3×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMD0.08Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNC0.12South Carolina: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesSC0.32District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesLA0.32Mississippi: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMS0.30Alabama: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesAL0.38Georgia: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesGA0.16Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shakayla, girls, 1998–2002. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shakayla

How popular is the name Shakayla?

Shakayla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1685th with 105 babies. More babies were named Shakayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Shakayla a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,734 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shakayla most popular?

In 1998–2002, Shakayla was most common in Alabama (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Louisiana.