Shaquita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-KEE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
Shaquita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shaquita come from?
Modern: Sha- prefix with -quita
Is Shaquita a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaquita is a girls' name.
How popular is Shaquita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 178 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Shaquita in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaquita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,629 |
| 1993 | 141 | #1,226 |
| 1992 | 138 | #1,252 |
| 1991 | 168 | #1,074 |
| 1990 | 166 | #1,064 |
| 1989 | 160 | #1,057 |
| 1988 | 144 | #1,091 |
| 1987 | 150 | #1,033 |
| 1986 | 178 | #906 |
| 1985 | 174 | #907 |
| 1984 | 139 | #1,021 |
| 1983 | 114 | #1,159 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,998 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Shaquita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Aisha, Sabrina, Shayla, Samantha, Amanda, Kiana, Alisha, Sara, Shayna, Samira, Sierra
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shaquita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaquita, updated 20 October 2026.