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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shanequa

Shanequa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 733rd with 284 babies. More babies were named Shanequa in the 1990s 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
1991284 babies
Total since 1880
1,874babies recorded

Shanequa popularity since 1880

0125250375500 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#17,1675
1990#1,032175
1980#2,42840
1970——
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How popular is Shanequa, counting every spelling?

Shanequa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shanequa?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Shanequa are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 34 and 41. That makes Shanequa 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.

Shanequa by state

How common Shanequa was among girls born in each state in 1989–1993, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (7.2×), Mississippi (7.2×), Alabama (3.7×), Georgia (3.6×), North Carolina (3.1×). In 30 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWI0.06Vermont: 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMI0.05New York: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesNY0.19Massachusetts: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.08Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesVA0.19Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesNC0.31South Carolina: 0.70 per 1,000 babiesSC0.70District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesLA0.21Mississippi: 0.69 per 1,000 babiesMS0.69Alabama: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesAL0.36Georgia: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesGA0.35Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesFL0.12
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shanequa, girls, 1989–1993. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shanequa

How popular is the name Shanequa?

Shanequa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 733rd with 284 babies. More babies were named Shanequa in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shanequa a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,874 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shanequa most popular?

In 1989–1993, Shanequa was most common in South Carolina (0.70 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Alabama.