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Shanique

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Shanique is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1992185 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
1,689people given the name
Babies named Shanique, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,689 girls have been named Shanique in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 185 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 185 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 58%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shanique
1970s187
1980s387
1990s985
2000s124
2010s6

In 1992, its biggest year

Shanique was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.

Names that rose and fell with Shanique

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.