Shenika
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 111 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,839since 1970
Shenika over time
Rank among girls' names. Shenika has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,488 | 51 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 |
| 1990 | #1,796 | 80 |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,722 | 74 |
| 1987 | #1,459 | 89 |
| 1986 | #1,360 | 95 |
| 1985 | #1,333 | 99 |
| 1984 | #1,284 | 97 |
| 1983 | #1,159 | 114 |
| 1982 | #1,152 | 122 |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 |
| 1980 | #1,286 | 99 |
| 1979 | #1,184 | 111 |
| 1978 | #1,150 | 111 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 |
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| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#333 · 1 in 1,704
- South Carolina#367 · 1 in 2,132
- Georgia#444 · 1 in 2,932
- Florida#536 · 1 in 3,669
- Virginia#541 · 1 in 4,640
Best ever in a state: #263 in Mississippi, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #333 | 9 | 1 in 1,704 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 8 | 1 in 2,132 |
| Georgia | #444 | 11 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Florida | #536 | 12 | 1 in 3,669 |
| Virginia | #541 | 6 | 1 in 4,640 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 7 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Louisiana | #669 | 6 | 1 in 4,586 |
| Illinois | #822 | 9 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Texas | #978 | 11 | 1 in 9,399 |
| California | #1,854 | 6 | 1 in 25,555 |
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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 Shenika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1978 at #1,150 (111 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 52.8% of all girls named Shenika (971) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 541 | #1,150 (1978) | #2,612 |
| 1980s | 971 | #1,152 (1982) | #1,376 |
| 1990s | 317 | #1,796 (1990) | #4,842 |
| 2000s | 10 | #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.
Shenika in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 13,801 of them was named Shenika, which outranked 90.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).