Girl · Modern American coinage
Shaniqua
Say it: shah-NEE-kwah
Meaning
A modern African American coinage combining the prefix Sha- with the ending -niqua.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 5,117 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 1991, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Shaniquah, Shanequa
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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