Girls' name · since 1979
Sheneika
Sheneika has 78 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheneika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 78 have been recorded since 1979.
Sheneika has 78 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1991.
- #29,962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheneika ranks #29,962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sheneika's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sheneika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sheneika's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sheneika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1991
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Sheneika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 77% of the file).
1980s was Sheneika's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Sheneika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Sheneika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheneika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sheneika draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.