Shinika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shinika

The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Shinika between 1975 and 1993, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shinika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shinika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shinika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shinika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shinika 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 167 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.