Shenika

Peak · girls
1978 · 111 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,839
since 1970

Shenika over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shenika has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,150, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2004#16,0995
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2000#15,0315
1999#8,22311
1998#8,01611
1997#5,41718
1996#7,13012
1995#5,67716
1994#4,23824
1993#3,22135
1992#2,48851
1991#2,21559
1990#1,79680
1989#1,78775
1988#1,72274
1987#1,45989
1986#1,36095
1985#1,33399
1984#1,28497
1983#1,159114
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1981#1,220107
1980#1,28699
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1978#1,150111
1977#1,28691
1976#1,34380
1975#1,68956
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1973#2,30933
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Shenika! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shenika is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shenika in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shenika
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,150 (111 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,801
  • Highest: 1 in 13,801 girls born in 1978 were named Shenika (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 367,250 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 52.8% of all girls named Shenika (971) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s541#1,150 (1978)#2,612
1980s971#1,152 (1982)#1,376
1990s317#1,796 (1990)#4,842
2000s10#15,031 (2000)#15,565

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.

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