Shaneequa — girls' name
170 babies named Shaneequa in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
170 girls have been named Shaneequa since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 170
- total births
- 1975–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Shaneequa was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Shaneequa in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneequa
The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Shaneequa between 1975 and 1995, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneequa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneequa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaneequa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaneequa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneequa 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 170 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.
Shaneequa at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneequa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1975
- Peak year (1991)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
170 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 25 births in a single year.
Shaneequa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 97 births that decade — 57% of Shaneequa's all-time total
Shaneequa decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaneequa's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Shaneequa by state
Where Shaneequa concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 44 | 25.9% |
44 of 170 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 25.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 25.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.