Shanika
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 410 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,599since 1970
Shanika over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanika has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,461 | 56 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,502 | 105 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,380 | 119 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,034 | 178 | — | |
| 1992 | #804 | 250 | — | |
| 1991 | #721 | 289 | — | |
| 1990 | #726 | 288 | — | |
| 1989 | #699 | 284 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #703 | 271 | — | |
| 1987 | #638 | 296 | — | |
| 1986 | #747 | 233 | — | |
| 1985 | #672 | 269 | — | |
| 1984 | #635 | 277 | — | |
| 1983 | #627 | 275 | — | |
| 1982 | #624 | 288 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #675 | 257 | — | |
| 1980 | #672 | 262 | — | |
| 1979 | #493 | 410 | — | |
| 1978 | #638 | 257 | — | |
| 1977 | #796 | 188 | — | |
| 1976 | #988 | 129 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,486 | 66 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanika! It came in at #5,818, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2023, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanika is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#271 · 1 in 1,723
- North Carolina#290 · 1 in 1,975
- Georgia#300 · 1 in 1,952
- Mississippi#329 · 1 in 1,842
- Tennessee#346 · 1 in 2,525
Best ever in a state: #157 in District of Columbia, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #271 | 14 | 1 in 1,723 |
| North Carolina | #290 | 18 | 1 in 1,975 |
| Georgia | #300 | 19 | 1 in 1,952 |
| Mississippi | #329 | 8 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 11 | 1 in 2,525 |
| South Carolina | #353 | 8 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Louisiana | #404 | 12 | 1 in 2,507 |
| Alabama | #426 | 7 | 1 in 3,112 |
| Virginia | #455 | 9 | 1 in 3,661 |
| Florida | #475 | 19 | 1 in 3,435 |
| Illinois | #497 | 19 | 1 in 3,842 |
| Missouri | #567 | 6 | 1 in 5,364 |
| Ohio | #567 | 12 | 1 in 5,758 |
| New Jersey | #653 | 7 | 1 in 5,774 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 6,808 |
| New York | #689 | 18 | 1 in 5,938 |
| Michigan | #704 | 8 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Pennsylvania | #829 | 7 | 1 in 9,877 |
| California | #927 | 23 | 1 in 8,794 |
| Texas | #1,127 | 11 | 1 in 12,123 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shanika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1977 (#988 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1993 (#804 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1979 at #493 (410 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1976–1992
- Highest: 1 in 3,915 girls born in 1979 were named Shanika (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Shanika (2,712) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,234 | #493 (1979) | #2,041 |
| 1980s | 2,712 | #624 (1982) | #669 |
| 1990s | 1,469 | #721 (1991) | #1,579 |
| 2000s | 150 | #4,291 (2000) | #8,269 |
| 2010s | 25 | #10,451 (2010) | #14,994 |
| 2020s | 9 | #10,271 (2024) | #10,271 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shanika in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,397 of them was named Shanika, which outranked 94.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.