Shaka*
#5,342 most common boys' name of all time · #13,284 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,342
Rank overall
#13,284 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
839
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1987 #1,728
Best rank
#1,543 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 53/yr
Shaka first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,348 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,942 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,959 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,137 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,089 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,383 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,218 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,287 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,475 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,996 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,939 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,248 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,222 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,147 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,484 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,893 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,714 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,992 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,494 |
| 1999 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,062 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,500 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,436 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,102 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,163 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,690 |
| 1993 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #3,310 |
| 1992 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,800 |
| 1991 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #2,799 |
| 1990 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #3,135 |
| 1989 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #2,862 |
| 1988 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1987 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #1,728 |
| 1986 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #4,046 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,519 |
| 1984 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,805 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,810 |
| 1982 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #2,580 |
| 1981 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,398 |
| 1980 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #2,524 |
| 1979 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #2,762 |
| 1978 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,366 |
| 1977 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,543 |
| 1976 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #2,442 |
| 1974 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,127 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,845 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,889 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,933 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,406 |