How Many People Are Named Shanika?
people named Shanika are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,955 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,610 babies named Shanika in Social Security records from 1970 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
410 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and ka.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shanika (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanika alive today is about 39 years old, and 92% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanika first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1979, to 410 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Shanika has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #495, in 1979.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #495 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #672 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanika alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanika were born in Florida than in any other state: about 466 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanika was given 3.8 times as often in Maryland, 3.8 times in South Carolina and 3.6 times in District of Columbia.
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