Shanequa
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #11,108
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 284 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,874since 1971
Shanequa over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanequa has never cracked the top 700 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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| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 |
| 1993 | #1,178 | 148 |
| 1992 | #856 | 232 |
| 1991 | #731 | 284 |
| 1990 | #1,029 | 175 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanequa! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanequa is popular in 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#220 · 1 in 1,099
- Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,130
- Mississippi#338 · 1 in 1,773
- North Carolina#379 · 1 in 2,559
- Alabama#384 · 1 in 2,372
Best ever in a state: #164 in Mississippi, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #220 | 16 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Georgia | #325 | 19 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Mississippi | #338 | 7 | 1 in 1,773 |
| North Carolina | #379 | 15 | 1 in 2,559 |
| Alabama | #384 | 9 | 1 in 2,372 |
| Virginia | #645 | 7 | 1 in 5,037 |
| New Jersey | #819 | 6 | 1 in 7,417 |
| Illinois | #886 | 10 | 1 in 7,520 |
| New York | #1,216 | 10 | 1 in 11,310 |
| Florida | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 12,411 |
| Texas | #1,458 | 9 | 1 in 15,225 |
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See more about Shanequa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1991 (#1,029 → #731)
- Biggest drop: 322 spots in 1993 (#856 → #1,178)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1991 at #731 (284 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1991–1992
- Highest: 1 in 6,602 girls born in 1991 were named Shanequa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 224,610 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 59.1% of all girls named Shanequa (1,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 234 | #2,012 (1978) | #3,596 |
| 1980s | 514 | #1,751 (1984) | #2,115 |
| 1990s | 1,107 | #731 (1991) | #2,326 |
| 2000s | 19 | #11,108 (2002) | #13,220 |
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.
Shanequa in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 12,223 of them was named Shanequa, which outranked 92.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).