How Many People Are Named Shekinah?
people named Shekinah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 161,676 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,146 babies named Shekinah in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew word שׁכִינה (shekhinah) which means "God's manifested glory" or "God's presence". This word does not appear in the Bible, but later Jewish scholars used it to refer to the dwelling place of God, especially the Temple in Jerusalem.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shekinah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shekinah alive today is about 23 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shekinah first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2000, to 109 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shekinah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,629, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #5,688.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,688 |
| Best rank | #1,629 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,428 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shekinah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shekinah were born in Florida than in any other state: about 144 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shekinah was given 4.6 times as often in Florida, 4 times in North Carolina and 2.9 times in Georgia.
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