Shanika — #10422 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanika

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,599 babies named Shanika between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanika currently holds the #10422 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 410 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,712 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shanika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 482 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanika in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanika 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 5,599 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.