Shaneka
Recorded 1971–2008 · United States
Shaneka was most popular in 1983, when 164 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,543 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,686 people named Shaneka.
Shaneka over time
How old is the name Shaneka?
Shaneka first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 55 years since. It was last recorded in 2008.
How many people are named Shaneka?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,686 American births named Shaneka between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,608 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shaneka in 2025?
Shaneka was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Shaneka a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shaneka is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,686 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shaneka?
Roughly 2,608 Americans named Shaneka are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 40 years old, and half are between 36 and 45. That is a narrow band: Shaneka arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shaneka is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org