Shemika
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #10,836
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 127 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,454since 1971
Shemika over time
Rank among girls' names. Shemika 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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| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 |
| 1985 | #1,588 | 75 |
| 1984 | #1,490 | 77 |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 |
| 1982 | #1,126 | 125 |
| 1981 | #1,277 | 100 |
| 1980 | #1,095 | 127 |
| 1979 | #1,210 | 107 |
| 1978 | #1,248 | 99 |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shemika! It came in at #6,619, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shemika is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#398 · 1 in 2,516
- Georgia#399 · 1 in 2,481
- Mississippi#446 · 1 in 2,556
- Louisiana#529 · 1 in 3,440
- North Carolina#553 · 1 in 4,624
Best ever in a state: #271 in Mississippi, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Georgia | #399 | 13 | 1 in 2,481 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Louisiana | #529 | 8 | 1 in 3,440 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 7 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Texas | #813 | 15 | 1 in 6,893 |
| Michigan | #853 | 6 | 1 in 9,592 |
| Illinois | #1,104 | 6 | 1 in 11,817 |
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See more about Shemika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1980 at #1,095 (127 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,073 girls born in 1980 were named Shemika (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 248,673 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 55.0% of all girls named Shemika (799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 483 | #1,210 (1979) | #2,495 |
| 1980s | 799 | #1,095 (1980) | #1,707 |
| 1990s | 172 | #2,660 (1991) | #5,935 |
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.
Shemika in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,473 of them was named Shemika, which outranked 89.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,241Marguerite100
- #1,241Meggan100
- #1,241Patsy100
- #1,248Shemika99
- #1,248Crista99
- #1,248Jeffrey99
- #1,248Lia99
- #1,255Aracely98
- #1,255Breanna98
- #1,255Erinn98
Tied with 6 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.