Shaneiqua — girls' name
50 babies named Shaneiqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
50 girls have been named Shaneiqua since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1994.
- 50
- total births
- 1990–1994
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shaneiqua was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Shaneiqua in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneiqua
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Shaneiqua between 1990 and 1994, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneiqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneiqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneiqua 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 50 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.
Shaneiqua at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneiqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1990
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
50 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 17 births in a single year.
Shaneiqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 50 births that decade — 100% of Shaneiqua's all-time total
Shaneiqua decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaneiqua's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1990–1994 (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.