Shanikka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanikka

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Shanikka between 1976 and 1992, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanikka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanikka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanikka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanikka 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 146 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.