Shanequa

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #11,108

Peak · girls
1991 · 284 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,874
since 1971

Shanequa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shanequa has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #731, 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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2002#11,1088
2001#13,5216
2000#15,0315
1999#4,08828
1998#4,23826
1997#3,71630
1996#3,63230
1995#2,15562
1994#1,63492
1993#1,178148
1992#856232
1991#731284
1990#1,029175
1989#2,02762
1988#1,93463
1987#1,96257
1986#2,26545
1985#2,02153
1984#1,75162
1983#2,47537
1982#2,36941
1981#1,95854
1980#2,39140
1979#2,14746
1978#2,01247
1977#2,51534
1976#2,54631
1975#2,96924
1974#3,42619
1973#3,63517
1972#4,79311
1971#8,3245
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First appearance
1971

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


Quietest stretch: 2003–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shanequa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
  • Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1991 (#1,029#731)
  • Biggest drop: 322 spots in 1993 (#856#1,178)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1991 at #731 (284 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1991–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,602
  • Highest: 1 in 6,602 girls born in 1991 were named Shanequa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 224,610 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 59.1% of all girls named Shanequa (1,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s234#2,012 (1978)#3,596
1980s514#1,751 (1984)#2,115
1990s1,107#731 (1991)#2,326
2000s19#11,108 (2002)#13,220

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.

Shanequa in 1993

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#1,178
148 births · 1 in 12,223 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #1,178Shanequa148
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 12,223 of them was named Shanequa, which outranked 92.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shanequa
  1. #1,174Mari149
  2. #1,174Mercedez149
  3. #1,174Roberta149
  4. #1,178Shanequa148
  5. #1,178Shameka148
  6. #1,180Amira147
  7. #1,180Hazel147
  8. #1,180Keyana147

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993