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Girl name

Shonika

100% girls · last recorded 1992

Shonika has been given to about 112 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1978, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 108
Median age today47 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shonika per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1978 · 19
  • Born in 20250
  • All time112

How popular is Shonika?

Its best year was 1978, when 19 babies were given the name, ranking 3901st. The typical living American called Shonika is about 47 years old today.

Names that sound like Shonika

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shanika0.84
  2. Monika0.79
  3. Sonia0.73
  4. Shamika0.74
  5. Shania0.68
  6. Shonda0.68
  7. Shaniya0.68
  8. Sonya0.65

Middle names for Shonika

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shonika Rose0.85
  2. Shonika Louise0.85
  3. Shonika June0.84
  4. Shonika Pearl0.84
  5. Shonika Quinn0.84
  6. Shonika Nell0.84

Sibling names for Shonika

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.54
  2. Jeremybrother · 0.54
  3. Jamieeither · 0.53
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.50
  5. Christinasister · 0.50
  6. Aprilsister · 0.48

Where Shonika is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shonika White0.80
    2. Shonika Reyes0.80
    3. Shonika Nguyen0.80
    4. Shonika Moore0.80
    5. Shonika Lee0.80
    6. Shonika Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shonika

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.