Shaneque — girls' name
120 babies named Shaneque in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
120 girls have been named Shaneque since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 120
- total births
- 1974–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Shaneque was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Shaneque in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneque
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Shaneque between 1974 and 1995, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneque currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneque performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaneque shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaneque in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneque 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 120 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.
Shaneque at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneque popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
120 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 23 births in a single year.
Shaneque by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 68% of Shaneque's all-time total
Shaneque decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaneque's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Shaneque by state
Where Shaneque concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 120 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–1995 (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.