Given name

Shakiah

Shakiah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shakiah 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shakiah through the years

Babies since 1880
158
0 boys · 158 girls
Most popular year
2003
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Shakiah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1980–2025, 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189 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.

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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 1

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Shakyra

“grateful; thankful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shadaisha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Arabic · Modern

Shatha

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Shameya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shaneshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ashantia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shacoria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shareny

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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A sister for Shakiah