Given name

Shakia

Shakia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shakia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shakia through the years

Babies since 1880
2,358
0 boys · 2,358 girls
Most popular year
1993
153 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0255075100198020002025Highest share 19930.0
Shakia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 153 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,821 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

ShakiaShakiahShakya

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Shakia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Shacoria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shanesia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shakarra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shaneshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shanekqa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shanqual

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shadara

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shakyra

“grateful; thankful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Shakia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Shakia

A sister for Shakia