Shanegua — girls' name
12 babies named Shanegua in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
12 girls have been named Shanegua since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1984.
- 12
- total births
- 1974–1984
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shanegua was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shanegua in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanegua
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Shanegua between 1974 and 1984, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanegua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanegua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanegua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanegua 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 12 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.
Shanegua at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanegua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1974
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
12 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 7 births in a single year.
Shanegua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Shanegua's all-time total
Shanegua decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shanegua's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–1984 (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.