Shemeka
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #13,844
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 131 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,563since 1971
Shemeka over time
Rank among girls' names. Shemeka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
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| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,419 | 45 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #1,657 | 71 |
| 1985 | #1,458 | 85 |
| 1984 | #1,381 | 85 |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 |
| 1982 | #1,064 | 135 |
| 1981 | #1,139 | 120 |
| 1980 | #1,117 | 122 |
| 1979 | #1,056 | 131 |
| 1978 | #1,078 | 122 |
| 1977 | #1,358 | 83 |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shemeka! It came in at #5,543, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shemeka is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#462 · 1 in 3,842
- Louisiana#503 · 1 in 3,252
- North Carolina#525 · 1 in 4,570
- New York#1,003 · 1 in 10,030
- Texas#1,365 · 1 in 16,117
Best ever in a state: #219 in Mississippi, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #462 | 7 | 1 in 3,842 |
| Louisiana | #503 | 8 | 1 in 3,252 |
| North Carolina | #525 | 7 | 1 in 4,570 |
| New York | #1,003 | 10 | 1 in 10,030 |
| Texas | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 16,117 |
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See more about Shemeka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1979 at #1,056 (131 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,254 girls born in 1979 were named Shemeka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 304,524 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 53.7% of all girls named Shemeka (839) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 561 | #1,056 (1979) | #2,223 |
| 1980s | 839 | #1,064 (1982) | #1,661 |
| 1990s | 151 | #2,900 (1990) | #6,345 |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,154 (2000) | #13,499 |
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.
Shemeka in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
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1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 18,546 of them was named Shemeka, which outranked 87.6% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,343Tarah80
- #1,343Teressa80
- #1,343Xochitl80
- #1,355Shemeka79
- #1,355America79
- #1,355Ariana79
- #1,355Billiejo79
- #1,373Billy78
- #1,373Dale78
- #1,373Gerri78
Tied with 17 names at #1,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.