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Shenika

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Shenika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1982122 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
1,839people given the name
Babies named Shenika, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,839 girls have been named Shenika in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 122 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 122 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 53%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shenika
1970s541
1980s971
1990s317
2000s10

In 1982, its biggest year

Shenika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Shenika

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.