girl's name

Shanequa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 1,883

Shanequa is a girl's name. In 2002 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 284 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Shanequa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2002, not a full ten years.

1,107
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Shanequa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 234
1980s 514
1990s 1,107
2000s (to 2002) 19

How popular is Shanequa?

In 2002, Shanequa was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanequa is used

England & Wales #6,817 3 in 2007
United States #12,134 8 in 2002

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shanequa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shanequa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shanequa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shanequa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shanequa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shanequa

How popular is the name Shanequa?

In 2002, Shanequa was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shanequa a girl's or a boy's name?

Shanequa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shanequa most popular?

Shanequa peaked in 1991, when 284 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.