Shaneika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaneika

The Social Security Administration has registered 549 babies named Shaneika between 1975 and 2000, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 311 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaneika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaneika in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 549 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.