girls:
2.4k births since 1970
#3539 (38th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1989
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1970
#5426 (30th percentile)
The name Shaquita is the #5,426 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,396 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 29.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,539 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 2,391 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1989.
Shaquita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Shaquita is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1970 and 2005 (35 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Shaquita has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shaquita reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #641) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 96 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Shaquita reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaquita".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shaquita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Shaquita is pronounced as shuh-KEE-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuhk-WEE-tuh, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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