Given name
Shaquana
“truth in life”
Shaquana is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “truth in life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “truth in life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaquana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,286
- 0 boys · 2,286 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 209 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 209 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,748 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.
Shaquana’s family of names
Shaquana has a related form in Shaquanna. Shaquana has a related form in Shagana. Shaquana has a related form in Shagania.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shaquana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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