Combining Shan with the suffix anique
A modern American creation likely formed by blending the prefix 'Shan' (often associated with names like Shannon or Shandra) with the French-inspired suffix 'anique'. It follows a 20th-century trend of creating unique, rhythmic names within African American naming traditions.
Less common today
Shantanique isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,424 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
