Is Shaquita a boy or girl name?
Shaquita was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 2,396 US babies named Shaquita were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Shaquita since 1970
- 2,396
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 178 babies
Boys and girls named Shaquita, by decade
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 5 | #18,724 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 5 | #18,363 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,964 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 10 | #10,111 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 10 | #9,986 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 13 | #7,962 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 21 | #5,183 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,613 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 27 | #4,109 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 68 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,645 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,235 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 138 | #1,257 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 168 | #1,081 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 166 | #1,071 |
| 1989 | 5 | #9,018 | 160 | #1,062 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 144 | #1,096 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 150 | #1,037 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 178 | #908 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 174 | #910 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 139 | #1,026 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 114 | #1,163 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,984 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 49 | #2,110 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,748 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,014 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,230 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,060 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,788 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 37 | #2,271 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,081 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 8 | #6,545 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,050 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,068 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Shaquita reached #9,018 in 1989. As a girl name, it reached #908 in 1986. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1980s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Shaquita
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.