Shenekia — girls' name
60 babies named Shenekia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
60 girls have been named Shenekia since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1989.
- 60
- total births
- 1979–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 90%
- born in that decade
90% of everyone ever named Shenekia was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shenekia in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenekia
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Shenekia between 1979 and 1989, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenekia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenekia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shenekia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenekia 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 60 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.
Shenekia at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1979
- Peak year (1983)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
60 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 9 births in a single year.
Shenekia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 54 births that decade — 90% of Shenekia's all-time total
Shenekia decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shenekia's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–1989 (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.