Shekinah

Shekinah was the #5,554 girls' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Shekinah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shekinah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Shekinah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,554 (22)#3,705 (6)#1,768 (13)
2024#6,642 (17)#2,412 (11)#2,102 (10)
2023#4,746 (28)#1,959 (14)#1,898 (11)
2022#4,793 (28)#2,178 (12)#1,989 (10)
2021#5,573 (22)#3,961 (5)#2,893 (6)
2020#4,880 (26)#2,615 (9)#2,163 (9)
2019#5,306 (24)#2,040 (13)#1,683 (13)
2018#5,152 (25)#2,499 (10)#2,892 (6)
2017#3,996 (37)#2,341 (11)—
2016#4,250 (34)#2,757 (9)#1,690 (13)
2015#3,842 (39)#1,711 (17)#1,584 (14)
2014#3,652 (42)#1,882 (15)#1,786 (12)
2013#3,849 (39)#1,484 (21)#2,204 (9)
2012#3,644 (43)#2,095 (13)#1,787 (12)
2011#3,267 (50)#2,432 (10)#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #1,617.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shekinah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 80,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShekinahCanadaGirls#1,76813
ShekinahEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
ShekinahUSGirls#5,55422