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Shatika
How to Pronounce Shatika
Pronounced shuh-TEE-kuh /ʃəˈtiː.kə/Medium
Meaning: Shatika is a modern American coinage pairing the Sha- prefix with a -tika ending, close kin to Tamika and Latika. It was made for its rhythm within Black American naming of the 1970s rather than carried from an older word.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shatika is an American coinage that joins the Sha- prefix to a -tika ending shared with Tamika and Latika. Such names flourished among Black American families in the 1970s, prized for their bright, personal sound. Shatika first appears in United States birth records around 1973 and reached a small high around 1978.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, and faded by the mid-1990s. A Shatika from that high would be nearing fifty now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shatika mean?
It is a modern coinage pairing the Sha- prefix with a -tika ending, in the Tamika family, made for its sound.
How do you pronounce Shatika?
It's said shuh-TEE-kuh /ʃəˈtiː.kə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Shatika a boy or girl name?
Shatika is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shatika?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies.