Girls' name · since 1975
Chaniqua
Chaniqua has 198 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chaniqua sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 198 recorded since 1975.
Chaniqua has 198 recorded births among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 1995.
- #19,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 198 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaniqua ranks #19,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 198
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chaniqua's 198 recorded births place it above 72.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Chaniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaniqua splits its recorded history at 1988: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1995
- Peak year (1991)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Chaniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (121 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Chaniqua's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Chaniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s
1990s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 121 births (61% of all-time use).
Chaniqua by state
Where Chaniqua concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 198 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Chaniquas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaniqua: 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 (~20 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, 1975–1995 (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 Chaniqua 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.