Shaniqua
Shaniqua is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 313th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1991861 births
- Best rank
- #313in 1991
- Since 1971
- 5,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,117 girls have been named Shaniqua in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 861 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 861 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 69%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Shaniqua was the 313th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Shaniqua
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Latifahpeak 1990
- Shanequapeak 1991
- Ieshapeak 1991
- Shaniquepeak 1992
- Kirstiepeak 1991
- Martikapeak 1990
- Nicollettepeak 1991
- Shanicepeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.