Girls' name · since 1989
Shanquilla
23 babies named Shanquilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanquilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 23 have been recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanquilla has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1993.
- #44,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanquilla ranks #44,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanquilla's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanquilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shanquilla splits its recorded history at 1992: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shanquilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1993
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Shanquilla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
1990s was Shanquilla's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Shanquilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanquilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 yrs)
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 Shanquilla 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.