Girls' name · since 1971
Shonique
77 babies named Shonique in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shonique is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 77 have been recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Shonique recorded 77 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1995.
- #30,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shonique ranks #30,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shonique's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shonique's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shonique's full recorded timeline at 1986, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shonique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1995
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shonique by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (45 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Shonique's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shonique births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shonique: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1971–1995 (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 Shonique 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.