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Shaquita

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Shaquita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 908th, in 1986.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1986178 births
Best rank
#908in 1986
Since 1970
2,391people given the name
Babies named Shaquita, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,391 girls have been named Shaquita in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 178 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 178 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 51%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Shaquita
1970s226
1980s1,225
1990s892
2000s48

In 1986, its biggest year

Shaquita was the 908th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Shaquita

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.