Shakala

Girl · recorded 1987–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1992best year

Most popular in 1992.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shakala.

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Its story

Popularity since 1987

051019871992199720022007

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 20 recorded years as a table
Shakala, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19873
19883
19896
19904
19917
199210
19939
19947
19959
199610
19978
19986
19993
20003
20015
20024
20033
20047
20054
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shakala isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#17,636
How rare
1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1987
207

Shakala was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1992, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shakala doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.