How Many People Are Named Shaniqua?
people named Shaniqua are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,507 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,117 babies named Shaniqua in Social Security records from 1971 to 2010, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
861 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and qua.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shaniqua in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shaniqua alive today is about 35 years old, and 91% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shaniqua first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1991, to 861 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2010.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2010
🏆 Rank History
Shaniqua has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #313, in 1991.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #313 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #643 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shaniqua alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shaniqua were born in New York than in any other state: about 953 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shaniqua was given 4.5 times as often in South Carolina, 4 times in Mississippi and 3.2 times in New York.
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