Shanika
Shanika is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 495th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979410 births
- Best rank
- #495in 1979
- Since 1970
- 5,599people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,599 girls have been named Shanika in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 410 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 410 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 48%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Shanika was the 495th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Shanika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shanekapeak 1983
- Taneshiapeak 1987
- Tenishapeak 1983
- Sherikapeak 1979
- Laquandapeak 1977
- Kenyatapeak 1985
- Shauntepeak 1978
- Taneshapeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.