Sheniqua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheniqua

The Social Security Administration has registered 703 babies named Sheniqua between 1970 and 1998, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheniqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheniqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 297 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheniqua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheniqua in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheniqua 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 703 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.