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How popular is the name Shaniqua?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shaniquas are alive today.
Shaniqua (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2013 (ranked 4739th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1296th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 13 babies given the name that year. Shaniqua is one spelling of a name also recorded as Shaneka and Shanika; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shaniqua you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Shaniquas born in England and Wales are between 21 and 33, and there are at least 410 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shaniqua - on average, only one in every 769 such rooms contains a Shaniqua.
How many babies are named Shaniqua each year?
Includes all spellings: Shaniqua, Shaneka, Shanika. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shaniqua spelling rank?
Where does the Shaneka spelling rank?
Where does the Shanika spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shaniqua most popular?
Shaniqua peaked in 1996, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Shaniqua?
At least 410 people named Shaniqua in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shaniqua?
Most living Shaniquas are between 21 and 33; the most common age is about 31.
Is Shaniqua becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.