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Shaniqua

A given name in English

Language context for this entry: English

feminineLatin script

/ʃəˈniːkwə/ · English

Origin: Not established
1 language context: English
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Shaniqua

Shaniqua is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Popularized in the 1970s among African Americans, possibly influenced by Swahili shani (“novelty”) or Welsh Siân (Joanna, "God is gracious"); compare other names starting with Shan- like Shanice, Shanika, Shanita.

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Shaniqua is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Shaniqua’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2010: 8 girls (rank 12276). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Shaniqua

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2010: 8; applications; Rank #12,276
Peak year: 1991; 861 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Shaniqua in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	15	3,943	observed
1972	13	4,300	observed
1973	13	4,362	observed
1974	23	3,008	observed
1975	40	2,136	observed
1976	48	1,883	observed
1977	49	1,976	observed
1978	56	1,804	observed
1979	69	1,623	observed
1980	93	1,351	observed
1981	77	1,549	observed
1982	82	1,461	observed
1983	100	1,252	observed
1984	92	1,323	observed
1985	131	1,103	observed
1986	121	1,171	observed
1987	110	1,274	observed
1988	141	1,104	observed
1989	186	950	observed
1990	842	327	observed
1991	861	313	observed
1992	604	419	observed
1993	433	546	observed
1994	259	789	observed
1995	184	1,007	observed
1996	132	1,306	observed
1997	105	1,530	observed
1998	69	2,104	observed
1999	36	3,443	observed
2000	26	4,527	observed
2001	21	5,364	observed
2002	16	6,698	observed
2003	19	6,055	observed
2004	16	7,077	observed
2005	7	13,010	observed
2006	10	10,611	observed
2007	5	17,636	observed
2008	5	17,504	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	8	12,276	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Shaniqua” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Shaniqua with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q123416339CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: SheniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Shaniqua

Shaniqua is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Shaniqua is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Shaniqua’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2010: 8 girls (rank 12276). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Shaniqua

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2010: 8; applications; Rank #12,276
Peak year: 1991; 861 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Shaniqua in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	15	3,943	observed
1972	13	4,300	observed
1973	13	4,362	observed
1974	23	3,008	observed
1975	40	2,136	observed
1976	48	1,883	observed
1977	49	1,976	observed
1978	56	1,804	observed
1979	69	1,623	observed
1980	93	1,351	observed
1981	77	1,549	observed
1982	82	1,461	observed
1983	100	1,252	observed
1984	92	1,323	observed
1985	131	1,103	observed
1986	121	1,171	observed
1987	110	1,274	observed
1988	141	1,104	observed
1989	186	950	observed
1990	842	327	observed
1991	861	313	observed
1992	604	419	observed
1993	433	546	observed
1994	259	789	observed
1995	184	1,007	observed
1996	132	1,306	observed
1997	105	1,530	observed
1998	69	2,104	observed
1999	36	3,443	observed
2000	26	4,527	observed
2001	21	5,364	observed
2002	16	6,698	observed
2003	19	6,055	observed
2004	16	7,077	observed
2005	7	13,010	observed
2006	10	10,611	observed
2007	5	17,636	observed
2008	5	17,504	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	8	12,276	observed
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q123416339CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ShaniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: SheniquaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Shaniqua

About Shaniqua

Etymology in the sources

Where Shaniqua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Sonequa

Sheniqua

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Shaniqua

About Shaniqua

Etymology in the sources

Where Shaniqua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Sonequa

Sheniqua

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Shaniqua

Etymology in the sources

Where Shaniqua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Sonequa

Sheniqua

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Shaniqua

Etymology in the sources

Where Shaniqua is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Sonequa

Sheniqua

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page