Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shanekwa through the years
Babies since 1880
23
0 boys · 23 girls
Most popular year
1991
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Shanekwa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1991.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shanekwa’s family of names
In English usage, Shanekwa has a related form in Shaniqua.