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Shaniqua

An invented name using the popular phonetic elements sha, nee and qua.

PronunciationEnglish /ʃə.ˈni.kwə/
Usage languagesAfrican American
US rank (2010)#12,276

Meaning and history

Shaniqua is an invented name formed from the popular phonetic elements sha, nee, and qua.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19911991: 861 births, rank #313
1992: 604 births, rank #420
1993: 433 births, rank #549
1994: 259 births, rank #790
1995: no US SSA record for this spelling
19961996: no US SSA record for this spelling
1997: no US SSA record for this spelling
1998: no US SSA record for this spelling
1999: no US SSA record for this spelling
2000: no US SSA record for this spelling
20012001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
20062006: 10 births, rank #10,611
2007: 5 births, rank #17,636
2008: 5 births, rank #17,504
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
20102010: 8 births, rank #12,276

Shaniqua moved from #549 to #790 for girls between 1993 and 1994. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 861 births.

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