Shaneka
Shaneka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 916th, in 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1983164 births
- Best rank
- #916in 1983
- Since 1971
- 2,686people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,686 girls have been named Shaneka in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 164 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 164 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 52%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1983, its biggest year
Shaneka was the 916th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Shaneka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharikapeak 1987
- Shanikapeak 1979
- Lateishapeak 1993
- Shakitapeak 1986
- Sherikapeak 1979
- Taneshiapeak 1987
- Ebonypeak 1982
- Taneshapeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.