Girls' name · since 1975
Shinika
167 babies named Shinika in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shinika sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 167 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shinika has been recorded 167 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1993.
- #21,688 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 167 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shinika ranks #21,688 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 167 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shinika's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
Shinika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shinika splits its recorded history at 1983: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shinika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1993
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shinika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Shinika's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Shinika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (56% of all-time use).
Shinika by state
Where Shinika concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 167 births nationwide.
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What to do with Shinika's data
- Shinika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Shinikas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shinika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1975–1993 (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 Shinika 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.