Girls' name · since 1975
Shanekia
Shanekia has 283 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shanekia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 283 recorded since 1975.
Shanekia has 283 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1996.
- #16,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 283 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanekia ranks #16,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 283 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shanekia's 283 recorded births place it above 77.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Shanekia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanekia's full recorded timeline at 1986, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shanekia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (152 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Shanekia's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Shanekia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 152 births (54% of all-time use).
Shanekia by state
Where Shanekia concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
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- Shanekia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (152 total births) through the 1990s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Shanekias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanekia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1975–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Shanekia 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 August 2026.