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Shakeila
How to Pronounce Shakeila
Pronounced shuh-KY-luh /ʃəˈkaɪlə/Medium
Meaning: Shakeila joins the fashionable Sha- prefix to the element Keila or Kayla; it is a coined, flowing name built from popular sound pieces rather than one carrying a fixed inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shakeila is one of the Sha- names that flourished in late twentieth-century American naming. Fixed to the Kayla-style ending that was itself rising fast in those years, it made a warm three-beat name that touched a modest high in the early nineteen-nineties.
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak, and it had faded from records by the late nineteen-nineties. A girl named Shakeila then would be in her mid-thirties today. The name reads as a creative, of-the-moment choice rather than a lasting favorite.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shakeila mean?
It is a modern African American coinage joining the Sha- prefix to Keila or Kayla; it has no single inherited meaning.
How do you pronounce Shakeila?
It is said shuh-KY-luh, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Shakeila a boy or girl name?
Shakeila is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakeila?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.