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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shanika

Shanika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 495th with 410 babies. More babies were named Shanika in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1979410 babies
Total since 1880
5,610babies recorded

Shanika popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 11 since 1982.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#11,12810
2000#4,38328
1990#727288
1980#672262
1970#6,2558
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shanika, counting every spelling?

Shanika has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shanika?

About 5,400 people born in the US named Shanika are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 36 and 46. That makes Shanika mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shanika by state

How common Shanika was among girls born in each state in 1977–1981, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Maryland (4.7×), South Carolina (3.9×), Florida (3.2×), Georgia (3.2×), Mississippi (3.0×). In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIL0.16Michigan: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMI0.22New York: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesNY0.20Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIN0.08Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesPA0.11New Jersey: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.16Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCA0.12Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMO0.14Kentucky: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKY0.09West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesVA0.38Maryland: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesMD0.81Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAR0.20Tennessee: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesTN0.28North Carolina: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesNC0.36South Carolina: 0.66 per 1,000 babiesSC0.66District of Columbia: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesDC0.46Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesLA0.36Mississippi: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesMS0.51Alabama: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesAL0.36Georgia: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesGA0.55Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesTX0.14Florida: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesFL0.56
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shanika, girls, 1977–1981. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shanika: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shanika, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shanika

How popular is the name Shanika?

Shanika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 495th with 410 babies. More babies were named Shanika in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shanika a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shanika in the US.

Where was Shanika most popular?

In 1977–1981, Shanika was most common in Maryland (0.81 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Florida.