Shaka
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 83.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 697since 1970
Shaka over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
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| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
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| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
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| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,709 | 39 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Shaka! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2007, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 5,176 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #12,008)
- 6,028 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1977 at #1,515 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,411
- Highest: 1 in 44,411 boys born in 1977 were named Shaka (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 26.0% of all boys named Shaka (181) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 170 | #1,515 (1977) | #2,835 |
| 1980s | 181 | #1,709 (1987) | #3,270 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,747 (1992) | #3,906 |
| 2000s | 39 | #6,316 (2000) | #9,788 |
| 2010s | 71 | #7,087 (2010) | #8,526 |
| 2020s | 60 | #5,874 (2022) | #7,345 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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