Girls' name · since 1989
Shaniequa
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Shaniequa, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaniequa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 1989.
Shaniequa has 25 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1993.
- #43,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaniequa ranks #43,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #43,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaniequa's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaniequa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaniequa's full recorded timeline at 1991, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaniequa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1993
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Shaniequa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Shaniequa's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shaniequa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaniequa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1989–1993 (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 Shaniequa 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.