Shameka

Peak · girls
1980 · 452 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,191
since 1971

Shameka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shameka has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #470, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#14,9596
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2007#10,81810
2006#12,4208
2005#10,12810
2004#8,25913
2003#6,88516
2002#5,44421
2001#4,68825
2000#6,20817
1999#3,89530
1998#3,11640
1997#2,62248
1996#2,04168
1995#1,68487
1994#1,433111
1993#1,178148
1992#1,010186
1991#1,024180
1990#987187
1989#880209
1988#720259
1987#773231
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1979#511387
1978#531345
1977#587294
1976#662231
1975#828164
1974#1,23988
1973#1,28680
1972#2,59827
1971#5,13610
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Shameka! It came in at #5,136, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2008–2009, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shameka is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shameka in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shameka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 411 spots in 1975
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1989
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1980 at #470 (452 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1975–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,673
  • Highest: 1 in 3,673 girls born in 1980 were named Shameka (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 54.2% of all girls named Shameka (3,354) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s1,626#511 (1979)#1,486
1980s3,354#470 (1980)#610
1990s1,085#987 (1990)#1,899
2000s120#4,688 (2001)#8,106
2010s6#14,959 (2010)#14,959

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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