How Many People Are Named Shaneka?

2,600

people named Shaneka are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 131,455 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,686 babies named Shaneka in Social Security records from 1971 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,686

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,195

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Peak Year

1983

164 births

Trend

2008

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Shaneka in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Shaneka alive today is about 39 years old, and 95% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 141
5.4%
30 to 59 2,459
94.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Shaneka first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1983, to 164 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.

Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2008

🏆 Rank History

Shaneka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #916, in 1983.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#916 (1983)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,074 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Shaneka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shaneka were born in Florida than in any other state: about 235 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shaneka was given 6.1 times as often in South Carolina, 4.6 times in Georgia and 4.4 times in Mississippi.

Florida 235
Georgia 198
North Carolina 175
Illinois 144
South Carolina 126
New York 119
Texas 104
Alabama 90
Louisiana 80
Maryland 77
Mississippi 73
Virginia 73
California 72
Tennessee 50
Michigan 43
Pennsylvania 28
District of Columbia 15
New Jersey 13
Indiana 5
Ohio 5

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