Shanequa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NEE-kwa
- Origin
- Modern
Shanequa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shanequa come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Nequa
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shanequa a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanequa is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanequa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 284 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Shanequa in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanequa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,629 |
| 1993 | 148 | #1,176 |
| 1992 | 232 | #854 |
| 1991 | 284 | #731 |
| 1990 | 175 | #1,027 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,020 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,751 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Shanequa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shayla, Summer, Samira, Shayna, Kiana, Aisha, Safiya, Sabrina, Sasha, Alisha, Brianna, Kiara
Names related to Shanequa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shanequa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanequa, updated 20 October 2026.