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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shakita

Shakita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1523rd with 81 babies. More babies were named Shakita in the 1980s 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
198681 babies
Total since 1880
1,202babies recorded

Shakita popularity since 1880

0255075100 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——
2010——
2000#11,6108
1990#2,00768
1980#2,12249
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
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1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Shakita, counting every spelling?

Shakita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shakita?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Shakita are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 36 and 45. That makes Shakita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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.

Shakita by state

How common Shakita was among girls born in each state in 1984–1988, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (4.3×), Virginia (4.0×), Florida (2.9×), Illinois (2.6×), North Carolina (2.6×). In 42 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: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 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: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesVA0.17Maryland: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMD0.06Delaware: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNC0.11South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesDC0.24Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesGA0.18Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesFL0.12
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shakita, girls, 1984–1988. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shakita

How popular is the name Shakita?

Shakita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1523rd with 81 babies. More babies were named Shakita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shakita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,202 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shakita most popular?

In 1984–1988, Shakita was most common in District of Columbia (0.24 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Virginia.