Shenika — girls' name
1,839 babies named Shenika in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Shenika was born in this single decade.
122 babies were named Shenika in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenika
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,839 babies named Shenika between 1970 and 2004, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 122 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 971 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shenika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Shenika in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenika 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 1,839 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.
Shenika at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1970
- Peak year (1982)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
1,839 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 122 births in a single year.
Shenika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 971 births that decade — 53% of Shenika's all-time total
Shenika decade highlights
- Peak decade 971 births
- Runner-up 541 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shenika's strongest decade
971 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Shenika by state
Where Shenika concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 220 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 176 | 9.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 129 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 78 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 78 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 75 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Texas | | 74 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 62 | 3.4% |
220 of 1,839 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 12.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 9.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shenika appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.