Girls' name · since 1986
Shequana
Shequana has 31 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shequana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 31 recorded since 1986.
Shequana has 31 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1995.
- #40,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shequana ranks #40,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shequana's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shequana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shequana's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shequana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1995
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Shequana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Shequana's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shequana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shequana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1986–1995 (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 Shequana 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.