Shanequa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanequa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,874 babies named Shanequa between 1971 and 2002, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanequa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 284 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanequa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanequa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 439 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanequa in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanequa 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 1,874 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.