Quick answers about Shakayla
How many people are named Shakayla?
An estimated 1,699 living Americans are named Shakayla.
How rare is Shakayla?
Shakayla fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Shakayla?
The median age of a living American named Shakayla is approximately 26 years, with most bearers falling between 21 and 31 years old.
Is Shakayla still popular?
Not especially. Shakayla has been declining since its 2000 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Shakayla most common?
Shakayla has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 7.2× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Shakayla is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 7.2× the national rate in the 2000s. It also runs high in Georgia.
States where Shakayla is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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