Sheneka

Peak · girls
1982 · 64 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
822
since 1971

Sheneka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sheneka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,735, 1982girls
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1997#13,7245
1996#9,5818
1995#9,5538
1994#7,60411
1993#7,49811
1992#4,38223
1991#3,72228
1990#3,71428
1989#3,89325
1988#3,30629
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1982#1,73564
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1977#2,21641
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1971#8,3245
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Sheneka! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1997–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheneka is popular in 2025

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

See more about Sheneka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,735 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,458
  • Highest: 1 in 26,458 girls born in 1982 were named Sheneka (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 54.4% of all girls named Sheneka (447) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s253#1,952 (1979)#3,591
1980s447#1,735 (1982)#2,428
1990s122#3,714 (1990)#7,472

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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