Shaquille*
#1,531 most common boys' name of all time · #3,717 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1989–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,531
Rank overall
#3,717 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
6,156
Since 2016
430
Peak year
1993 #181
Best rank
#181 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 1,911/yr
Shaquille first appears in 1989. 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 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,914 |
| 2024 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,944 |
| 2023 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,951 |
| 2022 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,587 |
| 2021 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,849 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,497 |
| 2019 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,720 |
| 2018 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,407 |
| 2017 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,630 |
| 2016 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,431 |
| 2015 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,380 |
| 2014 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,291 |
| 2013 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,395 |
| 2012 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,706 |
| 2011 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2010 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,388 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,435 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,282 |
| 2006 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,011 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,972 |
| 2004 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,830 |
| 2003 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,907 |
| 2002 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,085 |
| 2001 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,339 |
| 2000 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,893 |
| 1999 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,339 |
| 1998 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,603 |
| 1997 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,226 |
| 1996 | — | 250 | 250 | #663 |
| 1995 | 20 | 494 | 514 | #457 |
| 1994 | 69 | 1,270 | 1,339 | #234 |
| 1993 | 126 | 1,785 | 1,911 | #181 |
| 1992 | 85 | 523 | 608 | #426 |
| 1991 | 52 | 199 | 251 | #719 |
| 1990 | 35 | 92 | 127 | #1,128 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,016 |