Shaka was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Shaka as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#12,008 (5)
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2024
#6,832 (12)
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2023
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#3,524 (5)
2022
#5,874 (15)
#4,002 (4)
2021
#6,032 (14)
#3,990 (4)
2020
#5,980 (14)
#3,848 (4)
2019
#8,215 (9)
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2017
#7,095 (11)
#3,996 (4)
2016
#7,157 (11)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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2014
#8,781 (8)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2011
#8,079 (9)
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2010
#7,087 (11)
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2008
#9,871 (7)
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Shaka as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1993
#13,442 (5)
1991
#11,509 (6)
1990
#9,247 (8)
1989
#9,681 (7)
1988
#5,895 (13)
1987
#5,312 (14)
1986
#8,523 (7)
1984
#9,144 (6)
1982
#6,888 (9)
1981
#6,323 (10)
1980
#5,544 (12)
1979
#5,751 (11)
1978
#6,948 (8)
1977
#6,892 (8)
1976
#4,905 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,515.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1970.
In 1993, 20% of US babies named Shaka were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.