Shanequia — girls' name
162 babies named Shanequia in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
162 girls have been named Shanequia since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 162
- total births
- 1980–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Shanequia was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Shanequia in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanequia
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Shanequia between 1980 and 1998, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanequia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanequia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanequia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shanequia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanequia 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 162 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.
Shanequia at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanequia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1980
- Peak year (1991)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
162 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 39 births in a single year.
Shanequia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 116 births that decade — 72% of Shanequia's all-time total
Shanequia decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shanequia's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Shanequia by state
Where Shanequia concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 6.8% |
11 of 162 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.8% 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, 1980–1998 (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.