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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shaniqua

Shaniqua was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 313th with 861 babies. More babies were named Shaniqua 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
1991861 babies
Total since 1880
5,117babies recorded

Shaniqua popularity since 1880

02505007501k 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#13,2818
2000#4,63526
1990#327842
1980#1,35993
1970——
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How popular is Shaniqua, counting every spelling?

Shaniqua has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shaniqua?

About 5,000 people born in the US named Shaniqua are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 33 and 37. That makes Shaniqua 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.

Shaniqua by state

How common Shaniqua was among girls born in each state in 1989–1993, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (5.7×), Mississippi (5.1×), South Carolina (4.6×), North Carolina (3.3×), Virginia (2.9×). In 20 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: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesWI0.23Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWA0.03Idaho: 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: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesIL0.39Michigan: 0.47 per 1,000 babiesMI0.47New York: 0.62 per 1,000 babiesNY0.62Massachusetts: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMA0.22Oregon: 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIA0.07Indiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIN0.16Ohio: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesOH0.35Pennsylvania: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesPA0.31New Jersey: 0.61 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.61Connecticut: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesCT0.36Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCA0.06Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCO0.05Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKY0.07West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.92 per 1,000 babiesVA0.92Maryland: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesMD0.64Delaware: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesDE0.44Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesAR0.56Tennessee: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesTN0.36North Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesNC1.0South Carolina: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesSC1.5District of Columbia: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesDC1.8Oklahoma: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOK0.23Louisiana: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesLA0.54Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesMS1.6Alabama: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesAL0.81Georgia: 0.89 per 1,000 babiesGA0.89Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesTX0.23Florida: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesFL0.41
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shaniqua, girls, 1989–1993. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shaniqua: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shaniqua, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shaniqua

How popular is the name Shaniqua?

Shaniqua was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 313th with 861 babies. More babies were named Shaniqua in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shaniqua a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5,117 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shaniqua most popular?

In 1989–1993, Shaniqua was most common in District of Columbia (1.79 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and South Carolina.