Shaquita

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 178 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,391
since 1970

Shaquita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shaquita has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #906, 1986girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2005#16,4625
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002#9,48210
2001#9,35110
2000#7,58013
1999#5,03921
1998#4,49224
1997#4,00727
1996#2,63047
1995#2,00668
1994#1,63492
1993#1,228141
1992#1,254138
1991#1,077168
1990#1,066166
1989#1,060160#7,9055
1988#1,092144
1987#1,033150
1986#906178
1985#907174
1984#1,021139
1983#1,159114
1982#1,96553
1981#2,08549
1980#1,73564
1979#1,99851
1978#2,19142
1977#3,00226
1976#2,72828
1975#2,23237
1974#3,00823
1973#6,0808
1972#7,2926
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Shaquita! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
  • Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1985 (#1,021#907)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1987 (#906#1,033)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1986 at #906 (178 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1985–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,638
  • Highest: 1 in 9,638 girls born in 1986 were named Shaquita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 51.2% of all girls named Shaquita (1,225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s226#1,998 (1979)#4,058
1980s1,225#906 (1986)#1,296
1990s892#1,066 (1990)#2,443
2000s48#7,580 (2000)#12,460

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shaquita in 1989

girls
#1,060
160 births · 1 in 11,522 girls
boys
#7,905
5 births · 1 in 400,186 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,060Shaquita160

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #7,905Shaquita5
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 11,522 of them was named Shaquita, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaquita
  1. #1,057Emerald161
  2. #1,057Iesha161
  3. #1,057Jenelle161
  4. #1,060Shaquita160
  5. #1,060Denisha160
  6. #1,060Kalie160
  7. #1,063Angeline159
  8. #1,063Fiona159
  9. #1,063Marci159

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 400,186 of them was named Shaquita, which outranked 14.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaquita
  1. #6,941Zeric6
  2. #6,941Zishan6
  3. #6,941Zuriel6
  4. #7,905Shaquita5
  5. #7,905Aakeem5
  6. #7,905Aaric5
  7. #7,905Aaronmichael5

Tied with 1,327 names at #7,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989