Given name

Shaniquah

“novelty”

Shaniquah is a feminine given name.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Shaniquah is a form of Shaniqua. Shaniqua possibly goes back to a word meaning “novelty.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shaniquah through the years

Babies since 1880
47
0 boys · 47 girls
Most popular year
1992
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Shaniquah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1987–2025, 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 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1992.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Shaniquah’s family of names

In English usage, Shaniquah has a related form in Shaniqua.

Walk Shaniquah’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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