Shaniqua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaniqua

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,117 babies named Shaniqua between 1971 and 2010, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaniqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 861 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaniqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,525 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shaniqua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 983 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaniqua in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaniqua 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 5,117 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.