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.

Shonique

#27,642 most common girls' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–1995

Rank among girls
#27,642
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1990 #7,098
Best rank
#7,098 1990
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
1980

Shonique 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
1995 8 — 8 #9,880
1993 8 — 8 #9,950
1992 8 — 8 #9,893
1991 9 — 9 #8,940
1990 12 — 12 #7,098
1986 5 — 5 #11,736
1982 5 — 5 #11,398
1978 5 — 5 #10,679
1975 7 — 7 #7,797
1972 5 — 5 #9,323
1971 5 — 5 #9,567