Girls' name · since 1982
Chanique
74 babies named Chanique in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chanique is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 74 have been recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanique has been recorded 74 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1998.
- #30,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 74 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanique ranks #30,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chanique's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanique's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanique splits its recorded history at 1990: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1998
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Chanique by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Chanique's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Chanique births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanique: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1982–1998 (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 Chanique 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.