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Shanika

Combination of the popular phonetic elements sha, nee and ka.

PronunciationEnglish /ʃə.ˈni.kə/
Usage languagesAfrican American
US rank (2024)#10,271

Meaning and history

Shanika is a name formed from the popular phonetic elements sha, nee, and ka.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 8 births, rank #12,420
2007: 16 births, rank #7,733
2008: 15 births, rank #8,109
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
20102010: 10 births, rank #10,451
2011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
20152015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: 5 births, rank #16,215
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
20242024: 9 births, rank #10,271

Shanika moved from #722 to #806 for girls between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1979, with 410 births.

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