Shakia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Shakia by the numbers
Its American peak was 153 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Shakia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shakia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shaniai am on my way101 in the US (2017)
- Shakiragrateful or thankful24 in the US (2017)
- Shadiasinger; one who sings11 in the US (2017)
- Shakastrong one; historically a Zulu king11 in the US (2017)
- Shaziafragrant or noble woman6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shakilabeautiful, graceful; a form of Shakeel4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Shakia
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