Shaniqua
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #12,276
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 861 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,117since 1971
Shaniqua over time
Rank among girls' names. Shaniqua has never cracked the top 300 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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| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 |
| 1997 | #1,530 | 105 |
| 1996 | #1,306 | 132 |
| 1995 | #1,007 | 184 |
| 1994 | #789 | 259 |
| 1993 | #546 | 433 |
| 1992 | #419 | 604 |
| 1991 | #313 | 861 |
| 1990 | #327 | 842 |
| 1989 | #950 | 186 |
| 1988 | #1,104 | 141 |
| 1987 | #1,274 | 110 |
| 1986 | #1,171 | 121 |
| 1985 | #1,103 | 131 |
| 1984 | #1,323 | 92 |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 |
| 1980 | #1,351 | 93 |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,976 | 49 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
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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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#266 · 1 in 1,650
- New York#364 · 1 in 2,200
- New Jersey#414 · 1 in 2,999
- North Carolina#473 · 1 in 3,699
- Connecticut#475 · 1 in 3,824
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #266 | 12 | 1 in 1,650 |
| New York | #364 | 54 | 1 in 2,200 |
| New Jersey | #414 | 16 | 1 in 2,999 |
| North Carolina | #473 | 11 | 1 in 3,699 |
| Connecticut | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Virginia | #561 | 8 | 1 in 4,638 |
| Georgia | #582 | 9 | 1 in 4,649 |
| Ohio | #868 | 7 | 1 in 9,978 |
| Texas | #1,031 | 14 | 1 in 9,527 |
| Florida | #1,089 | 7 | 1 in 11,004 |
| California | #1,599 | 13 | 1 in 18,768 |
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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 Shaniqua
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1990 (#950 → #327)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1994 (#546 → #789)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1991 at #313 (861 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1989–1994
- 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%)
- 68.9% of all girls named Shaniqua (3,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 326 | #1,623 (1979) | #2,782 |
| 1980s | 1,133 | #950 (1989) | #1,254 |
| 1990s | 3,525 | #313 (1991) | #1,178 |
| 2000s | 125 | #4,527 (2000) | #9,831 |
| 2010s | 8 | #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.
Shaniqua in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
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1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 9,912 of them was named Shaniqua, which outranked 93.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #944Yasmine188
- #948Moriah187
- #948Sheri187
- #950Shaniqua186
- #950Casie186
- #950Christiana186
- #950Karly186
- #955Carlie185
- #956Annmarie184
- #957Cherelle183
Tied with 4 names at #950; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.