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Girl name

Shaquinta

100% girls · last recorded 1995

Shaquinta has been given to about 149 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1989, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 145
Median age today37 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shaquinta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1989 · 18
  • Born in 20250
  • All time149

How popular is Shaquinta?

Its best year was 1989, when 18 babies were given the name, ranking 5018th. The typical living American called Shaquinta is about 37 years old today.

Names that sound like Shaquinta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Laquita0.75
  2. Chiquita0.71
  3. Shanta0.68
  4. Marquita0.67
  5. Shaina0.65
  6. Shakira0.63
  7. Sarita0.63
  8. Shauna0.59

Middle names for Shaquinta

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

Sibling names for Shaquinta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.59
  2. Ashleysister · 0.57
  3. Jessicasister · 0.55
  4. Dustinbrother · 0.54
  5. Kylebrother · 0.54
  6. Caseyeither · 0.52

Where Shaquinta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

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

    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.