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.

Shanequa

#4,665 most common girls' name of all time · #7,928 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2002

Rank among girls
#4,665
Rank overall
#7,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
1,874
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1991 #732
Best rank
#732 1991
Girls Boys peak 284/yr
19802000

Shanequa first appears in 1971. 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
2002 8 8 #11,411
2001 6 6 #13,978
2000 5 5 #15,628
1999 28 28 #4,161
1998 26 26 #4,303
1997 30 30 #3,778
1996 30 30 #3,683
1995 62 62 #2,177
1994 92 92 #1,647
1993 148 148 #1,179
1992 232 232 #856
1991 284 284 #732
1990 175 175 #1,032
1989 62 62 #2,047
1988 63 63 #1,951
1987 57 57 #1,983
1986 45 45 #2,291
1985 53 53 #2,041
1984 62 62 #1,769
1983 37 37 #2,508
1982 41 41 #2,408
1981 54 54 #1,978
1980 40 40 #2,437
1979 46 46 #2,181
1978 47 47 #2,048
1977 34 34 #2,554
1976 31 31 #2,600
1975 24 24 #3,042
1974 19 19 #3,553
1973 17 17 #3,783
1972 11 11 #5,092
1971 5 5 #9,544