Shaniqua

Peak · girls
1991 · 861 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,117
since 1971

Shaniqua over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shaniqua has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #313, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#12,2768
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2008#17,5045
2007#17,6365
2006#10,61110
2005#13,0107
2004#7,07716
2003#6,05519
2002#6,69816
2001#5,36421
2000#4,52726
1999#3,44336
1998#2,10469
1997#1,530105
1996#1,306132
1995#1,007184
1994#789259
1993#546433
1992#419604
1991#313861
1990#327842
1989#950186
1988#1,104141
1987#1,274110
1986#1,171121
1985#1,103131
1984#1,32392
1983#1,252100
1982#1,46182
1981#1,54977
1980#1,35193
1979#1,62369
1978#1,80456
1977#1,97649
1976#1,88348
1975#2,13640
1974#3,00823
1973#4,36213
1972#4,30013
1971#3,94315
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Shaniqua! It came in at #3,943, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2007–2009, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shaniqua is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shaniqua in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shaniqua
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1990
  • Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1994
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1991 at #313 (861 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1989–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,178
  • Highest: 1 in 2,178 girls born in 1991 were named Shaniqua (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 222,199 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 68.9% of all girls named Shaniqua (3,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s326#1,623 (1979)#2,782
1980s1,133#950 (1989)#1,254
1990s3,525#313 (1991)#1,178
2000s125#4,527 (2000)#9,831
2010s8#12,276 (2010)#12,276

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.

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