Shaniqua

Girl · recorded 1971–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1991best year

Most popular in 1991.

Last recorded in 2010. 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 Shaniqua.

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

023045919711981199120002010

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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 39 recorded years as a table
Shaniqua, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19719
19729
19739
197416
197527
197633
197732
197837
197943
198056
198146
198248
198360
198455
198576
198671
198763
198879
1989101
1990443
1991459
1992328
1993239
1994145
1995105
199675
199760
199839
199920
200014
200112
20029
200310
20049
20054
20065
20073
20083
20105

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shaniqua 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
8
Rank in 2010
#12,276
How rare
1 in 222,199 girls
Since 1971
5,117

Shaniqua was last recorded in 2010. 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 1991, at 459 per million girls born.

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

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