Shoniqua — girls' name
41 babies named Shoniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 girls have been named Shoniqua since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1993.
- 41
- total births
- 1984–1993
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Shoniqua was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shoniqua in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shoniqua
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Shoniqua between 1984 and 1993, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shoniqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shoniqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shoniqua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shoniqua 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 41 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.
Shoniqua at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shoniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1984
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
41 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 11 births in a single year.
Shoniqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 30 births that decade — 73% of Shoniqua's all-time total
Shoniqua decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shoniqua's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% 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, 1984–1993 (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.