Shaneka
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 164 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,686since 1971
Shaneka over time
Rank among girls' names. Shaneka has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 |
| 1994 | #1,688 | 88 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 |
| 1990 | #1,104 | 158 |
| 1989 | #1,333 | 116 |
| 1988 | #1,037 | 155 |
| 1987 | #1,038 | 149 |
| 1986 | #1,072 | 140 |
| 1985 | #1,143 | 125 |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 |
| 1983 | #914 | 164 |
| 1982 | #1,099 | 128 |
| 1981 | #1,036 | 138 |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 |
| 1979 | #981 | 146 |
| 1978 | #1,154 | 110 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shaneka! It came in at #7,388, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shaneka is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#267 · 1 in 1,492
- Alabama#342 · 1 in 2,090
- Mississippi#404 · 1 in 2,346
- North Carolina#444 · 1 in 3,325
- Florida#449 · 1 in 3,036
Best ever in a state: #260 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Alabama | #342 | 11 | 1 in 2,090 |
| Mississippi | #404 | 7 | 1 in 2,346 |
| North Carolina | #444 | 10 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Florida | #449 | 17 | 1 in 3,036 |
| Georgia | #465 | 11 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Tennessee | #494 | 7 | 1 in 4,062 |
| Michigan | #870 | 6 | 1 in 10,045 |
| Illinois | #949 | 8 | 1 in 9,662 |
| New York | #958 | 11 | 1 in 9,078 |
| Texas | #1,725 | 5 | 1 in 23,976 |
| California | #2,007 | 6 | 1 in 28,951 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shaneka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1983 (#1,099 → #914)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1985 (#988 → #1,143)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1983 at #914 (164 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1983–1984
- Highest: 1 in 10,187 girls born in 1983 were named Shaneka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 52.0% of all girls named Shaneka (1,398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 499 | #981 (1979) | #2,738 |
| 1980s | 1,398 | #914 (1983) | #1,070 |
| 1990s | 739 | #1,104 (1990) | #2,965 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,534 (2000) | #13,148 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shaneka in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
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1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 12,119 of them was named Shaneka, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,034Melonie138
- #1,034Nellie138
- #1,034Reina138
- #1,043Shaneka137
- #1,043Danna137
- #1,043Joi137
- #1,043Takisha137
- #1,049Annamarie136
- #1,049Brandon136
- #1,049Brigette136
Tied with 5 names at #1,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.