Shanequa
Shanequa is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 733rd, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1991284 births
- Best rank
- #733in 1991
- Since 1971
- 1,874people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,874 girls have been named Shanequa in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 284 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 284 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 59%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Shanequa was the 733rd 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 Shanequa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ieshapeak 1991
- Shaniquepeak 1992
- Shaniquapeak 1991
- Ieshiapeak 1991
- Kirstiepeak 1991
- Latifahpeak 1990
- Kaneshapeak 1990
- Kirstipeak 1991
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.