Shaneka

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Shaneka by the numbers

Its American peak was 164 babies in 1983, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Shaneka

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaneka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shameka
  • Shanika
  • Shaniai am on my way101 in the US (2017)
  • Shanalily; a form of Shoshana6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • ShannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna19 in the US (2017)
  • Shakastrong one; historically a Zulu king11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shaneka

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