Sheniqua

Peak · girls
1991 · 80 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
703
since 1970

Sheniqua over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,779, 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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1998#12,4266
1997#10,8367
1996#5,77116
1995#4,21724
1994#3,89227
1993#3,50631
1992#2,35155
1991#1,77980
1990#2,40251
1989#4,24822
1988#4,17221
1987#3,03131
1986#3,75722
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1984#3,14427
1983#3,55522
1982#4,16718
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1977#2,71530
1976#3,96316
1975#4,37014
1974#5,36010
1973#3,48118
1972#5,4809
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1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Sheniqua! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sheniqua is popular in 2025

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

See more about Sheniqua
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,779 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 2 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 23,438
  • Highest: 1 in 23,438 girls born in 1991 were named Sheniqua (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,492 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.2% of all girls named Sheniqua (297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s166#2,715 (1977)#4,313
1980s240#3,008 (1985)#3,608
1990s297#1,779 (1991)#5,242

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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