Shaneka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaneka

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,686 babies named Shaneka between 1971 and 2008, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 164 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,398 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 243 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaneka in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneka 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 2,686 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.