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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shaquita

Shaquita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 908th with 178 babies. More babies were named Shaquita 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
1986178 babies
Total since 1880
2,396babies recorded

Shaquita popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1989.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#7,96513
1990#1,071166
1980#1,74864
1970#9,0685
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shaquita, counting every spelling?

Shaquita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shaquita?

About 2,300 people born in the US named Shaquita are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 34 and 42. That makes Shaquita 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.

Shaquita by state

How common Shaquita was among girls born in each state in 1984–1988, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (8.9×), Georgia (5.7×), South Carolina (4.2×), North Carolina (3.4×), Alabama (3.2×). In 33 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: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: 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: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesIL0.27Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: 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: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.02Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: 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: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: 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: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesTN0.21North Carolina: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesNC0.30South Carolina: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesSC0.38District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesLA0.18Mississippi: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesMS0.81Alabama: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesAL0.29Georgia: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesGA0.52Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesFL0.16
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shaquita, girls, 1984–1988. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shaquita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shaquita, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shaquita

How popular is the name Shaquita?

Shaquita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 908th with 178 babies. More babies were named Shaquita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shaquita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,391 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Shaquita most popular?

In 1984–1988, Shaquita was most common in Mississippi (0.81 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and South Carolina.