Shaquisha

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Shaquisha has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 1988. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Shaquisha, 1997

1 in 725,000

Shaquisha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shaquisha: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Shaquisha means

Shaquisha is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Shaquisha is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Shaquisha is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 108 girls were recorded with the name Shaquisha between 1988 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1993; its best national rank was #4,959 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Shaquisha?

Shaquisha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1997, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1997: 1 in 725,000; 5 of 3,624,676 births
Among girls only: 1 in 348,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1997: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 502,488 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shaquisha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1997 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 502,488 children born in 1997 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaquisha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shaquishas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaquisha was born before 1992 — so the typical Shaquisha is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 80.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 108; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 80.6% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Shaquisha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (20)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,959; 1993

Spellings of Shaquisha

Shaquisha is not the most common spelling — Laquisha is, with 47.5% against Shaquisha's 1.9%.

Laquisha47.5%2,728
Shaquita41.6%2,391
Shaquilla9.0%520
Shaquisha1.9%108

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Shaquisha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,959; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 20 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 108
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Shaquisha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Shaquisha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton Coty

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