Shaka
Boy · SHAH-kah
Shaka is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Shaka mean?
Zulu, after the Zulu king Shaka
Shaka (c. 1787–1828) was the Zulu king who built the Zulu nation into a major power in southern Africa.
- Say it
- SHAH-kah
Is Shaka a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaka is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaka in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Shaka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shaka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Shaka, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Shaka in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1991, 20% of the babies named Shaka in the US were girls.
Shaka in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Shaka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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