Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chaniqua

#18,373 most common girls' name of all time · #30,120 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1975–1995

Rank among girls
#18,373
Rank overall
#30,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
198
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1991 #3,028
Best rank
#3,028 1991
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1980

Chaniqua first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1995 10 10 #8,441
1994 7 7 #11,109
1993 14 14 #6,485
1992 28 28 #3,844
1991 38 38 #3,028
1990 24 24 #4,211
1989 15 15 #5,759
1988 13 13 #6,168
1986 6 6 #10,350
1985 7 7 #8,950
1984 7 7 #8,827
1982 6 6 #10,052
1981 12 12 #5,841
1979 6 6 #9,856
1975 5 5 #10,285