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
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 697since 1970
Shaka over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 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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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.
See more about Shaka
- 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)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1977 at #1,515 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 26.0% of all boys named Shaka (181) were born in this decade
- 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.
Shaka in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 191,643 of them was named Shaka, which outranked 39.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,340Yuri9
- #6,340Yvetta9
- #6,340Zora9
- #6,892Shaka8
- #6,892Aarti8
- #6,892Abimbola8
- #6,892Adenike8
- #7,567Adel7
- #7,567Adonna7
- #7,567Adora7
Tied with 674 names at #6,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 44,411 of them was named Shaka, which outranked 77.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,490Vijay38
- #1,490Yancy38
- #1,490Zeke38
- #1,515Shaka37
- #1,515Ashton37
- #1,515Camilo37
- #1,515Cleo37
- #1,546Cecilio36
- #1,546Creighton36
- #1,546Denton36
Tied with 30 names at #1,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.