Girls' name · since 1989
Joniqua
89 babies named Joniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 89
- total births
- 1989–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 93%
- born in that decade
Joniqua is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joniqua has been recorded 89 times among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 1998.
- 89 total births
- 1989–1998 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 93% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joniqua's 89 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joniqua's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1998
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Joniqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Joniqua's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Joniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 83 births (93% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1989–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joniqua: Baby Name Since 1989 - 89 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joniqua. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joniqua 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 July 2026.