Shaneka

Girl · recorded 1971–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1983best year

Most popular in 1983.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shaneka.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

0499819711980199019992008

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Shaneka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19714
197211
197311
197420
197527
197648
197742
197872
197991
198083
198183
198276
198398
198487
198573
198682
198786
198887
198963
199083
199181
199267
199341
199449
199529
199619
199716
199811
19997
20006
20016
20023
20034
20043
20053
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shaneka isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#17,504
How rare
1 in 378,187 girls
Since 1971
2,686

Shaneka was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1983, at 98 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shaneka doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.