Shamika
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 337 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,061since 1971
Shamika over time
Rank among girls' names. Shamika has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,770 | 82 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,290 | 131 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,146 | 154 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,117 | 159 | — | |
| 1990 | #975 | 191 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #822 | 231 | — | |
| 1988 | #829 | 220 | — | |
| 1987 | #713 | 257 | — | |
| 1986 | #696 | 260 | — | |
| 1985 | #720 | 239 | — | |
| 1984 | #630 | 281 | — | |
| 1983 | #581 | 308 | — | |
| 1982 | #569 | 322 | — | |
| 1981 | #554 | 337 | — | |
| 1980 | #580 | 317 | — | |
| 1979 | #572 | 318 | — | |
| 1978 | #643 | 253 | — | |
| 1977 | #698 | 223 | — | |
| 1976 | #800 | 174 | — | |
| 1975 | #932 | 136 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shamika! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shamika is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#213 · 1 in 825
- Georgia#254 · 1 in 1,451
- Virginia#259 · 1 in 1,582
- South Carolina#262 · 1 in 1,495
- Arkansas#277 · 1 in 1,590
Best ever in a state: #133 in District of Columbia, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #213 | 7 | 1 in 825 |
| Georgia | #254 | 24 | 1 in 1,451 |
| Virginia | #259 | 19 | 1 in 1,582 |
| South Carolina | #262 | 12 | 1 in 1,495 |
| Arkansas | #277 | 8 | 1 in 1,590 |
| North Carolina | #278 | 18 | 1 in 1,841 |
| Florida | #318 | 27 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Alabama | #386 | 9 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Tennessee | #399 | 9 | 1 in 3,099 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 2,552 |
| Illinois | #441 | 23 | 1 in 3,267 |
| New Jersey | #441 | 11 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Maryland | #471 | 6 | 1 in 3,493 |
| Michigan | #496 | 13 | 1 in 4,512 |
| New York | #500 | 28 | 1 in 3,619 |
| Washington | #546 | 7 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 13 | 1 in 5,334 |
| Texas | #577 | 29 | 1 in 4,267 |
| Ohio | #581 | 12 | 1 in 6,021 |
| Missouri | #628 | 5 | 1 in 6,416 |
| Indiana | #676 | 5 | 1 in 6,979 |
| California | #1,150 | 15 | 1 in 12,086 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shamika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 621 spots in 1975 (#1,553 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1990 (#822 → #975)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1981 at #554 (337 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1975–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,950 girls born in 1981 were named Shamika (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 54.8% of all girls named Shamika (2,772) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,241 | #572 (1979) | #1,782 |
| 1980s | 2,772 | #554 (1981) | #669 |
| 1990s | 903 | #975 (1990) | #2,323 |
| 2000s | 108 | #4,649 (2000) | #9,138 |
| 2010s | 37 | #10,955 (2014) | #12,660 |
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.
Shamika in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 4,950 of them was named Shamika, which outranked 95.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.