Feminine dossier · first seen 1970

Shanika

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shanika
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

410

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1970Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

5,599

Shanika once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 410 girls were named Shanika.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 5,599 Americans have been named Shanika and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

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