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Girl name

Shakenya

100% girls · last recorded 2002

Shakenya has been given to about 152 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1995, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 148
Median age today34 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shakenya per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1995 · 16
  • Born in 20250
  • All time152

How popular is Shakenya?

Its best year was 1995, when 16 babies were given the name, ranking 5899th. The typical living American called Shakenya is about 34 years old today.

Names that sound like Shakenya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shaniya0.74
  2. Shania0.68
  3. Kenya0.67
  4. Shreya0.67
  5. Shameka0.66
  6. Salena0.66
  7. Saniya0.64
  8. Shawna0.61

Middle names for Shakenya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shakenya Rose0.85
  2. Shakenya Louise0.85
  3. Shakenya June0.84
  4. Shakenya Pearl0.84
  5. Shakenya Quinn0.84
  6. Shakenya Nell0.84

Sibling names for Shakenya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.60
  2. Bethanysister · 0.59
  3. Aracelisister · 0.58
  4. Jaredbrother · 0.58
  5. Brandonbrother · 0.58
  6. Dariusbrother · 0.58

Where Shakenya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shakenya White0.80
    2. Shakenya Reyes0.80
    3. Shakenya Nguyen0.80
    4. Shakenya Moore0.80
    5. Shakenya Lee0.80
    6. Shakenya Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shakenya

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.