girls:
7 births since 1993
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
120 births since 1991
#4466 (3rd percentile)
overall:
127 births since 1991
#7612 (2nd percentile)
The name Shaquile is the #7,612 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 127 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,466 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 120 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1993.
Shaquile first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Shaquile is available in 7 out of the 9 years between 1991 and 1999 (7 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shaquile has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Shaquile reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #726) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
For girls, Shaquile reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #863) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaquile".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shaquile. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Shaquile is pronounced as shuh-KEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuhk-WEEL, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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