Shaquilla
The Story of Shaquilla
As a girl name
Shaquilla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1977, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 100 births, good for #1,553 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 78% of all recorded Shaquillas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 520 Shaquillas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shaquilla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 12 births, good for #4,802 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1995 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 36 Shaquillas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shaquilla
Shaquilla is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 520 births in the dataset. Shaquilla's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Shaquilla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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