# Shanika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanika/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ʃəˈniːkə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,610 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 5,599 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 106, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sinhalese ශානිකා (śānikā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 | 4,383 |
| 2001 | 21 | 5,539 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,954 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,523 |
| 2004 | 15 | 7,776 |
| 2005 | 15 | 7,842 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,426 |
| 2007 | 16 | 8,032 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,464 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,499 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11,128 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,129 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,858 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,457 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,973 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 7,202 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,754 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,831 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,436 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.