Girls' name · since 1980
Chanequa
Chanequa has 56 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,620 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
56 girls have been named Chanequa since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chanequa has 56 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1992.
- #33,620 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanequa ranks #33,620 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,620 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chanequa's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanequa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanequa splits its recorded history at 1989: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanequa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1992
- Peak year (1991)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Chanequa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (32 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Chanequa's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Chanequa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 32 births (57% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chanequa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chanequa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.