Sheneka — girls' name
822 babies named Sheneka in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Sheneka was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Sheneka in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheneka
The Social Security Administration has registered 822 babies named Sheneka between 1971 and 1997, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheneka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheneka in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheneka 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 822 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.
Sheneka at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1971
- Peak year (1982)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
822 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 64 births in a single year.
Sheneka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 447 births that decade — 54% of Sheneka's all-time total
Sheneka decade highlights
- Peak decade 447 births
- Runner-up 253 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sheneka's strongest decade
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Sheneka by state
Where Sheneka concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 70 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 37 | 4.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 32 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 19 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 15 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 7 | 0.9% |
70 of 822 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 8.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sheneka appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–1997 (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.