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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shaneka

Shaneka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 916th with 164 babies. More babies were named Shaneka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1983164 babies
Total since 1880
2,686babies recorded

Shaneka popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#9,05311
1990#1,109158
1980#1,045137
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Shaneka, counting every spelling?

Shaneka has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shaneka?

About 2,600 people born in the US named Shaneka are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 36 and 45. That makes Shaneka mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shaneka by state

How common Shaneka was among girls born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (5.5×), Georgia (3.9×), North Carolina (3.7×), Alabama (3.6×), Florida (3.3×). In 36 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIL0.10Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNY0.07Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesVA0.18Maryland: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesMD0.28Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesNC0.31South Carolina: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesSC0.46District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesLA0.21Mississippi: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesMS0.17Alabama: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesAL0.30Georgia: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesGA0.32Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesFL0.28
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shaneka, girls, 1981–1985. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shaneka

How popular is the name Shaneka?

Shaneka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 916th with 164 babies. More babies were named Shaneka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shaneka a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,686 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shaneka most popular?

In 1981–1985, Shaneka was most common in South Carolina (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.