Janiqua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janiqua

The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Janiqua between 1981 and 2002, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janiqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janiqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Janiqua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Janiqua in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janiqua 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 361 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.