Chanequa — girls' name
56 babies named Chanequa in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Chanequa since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1992.
- 56
- total births
- 1980–1992
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Chanequa was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Chanequa in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chanequa
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Chanequa between 1980 and 1992, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chanequa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanequa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chanequa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chanequa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 56 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chanequa at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chanequa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1980
- Peak year (1991)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
56 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 19 births in a single year.
Chanequa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 57% of Chanequa's all-time total
Chanequa decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chanequa's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.