Shekinah
Shekinah was the 5689th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1631st with 109 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,780 places. More babies were named Shekinah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,689 girls, down 703 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000109 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,146babies recorded
Shekinah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,689 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,986 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,953 | 29 |
| 2000 | #1,631 | 109 |
| 1990 | #3,284 | 34 |
| 1980 | #4,705 | 16 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shekinah, counting every spelling?
Shekinah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Shekinah?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shekinah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shekinah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shekinah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shekinah?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Shekinah are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 17 and 32. That makes Shekinah mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Shekinah
How popular is the name Shekinah?
Shekinah was the 5689th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1631st with 109 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,780 places. More babies were named Shekinah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Shekinah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shekinah in the US.