Shimeka

Peak · girls
1977 · 22 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
261
since 1972

Shimeka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shimeka has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,366, 1977girls
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1993#11,7806
1992#8,7349
1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
1989#12,3625
1988#8,3918
1987#7,9878
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Shimeka! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shimeka is popular in 2025

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

See more about Shimeka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1977 at #3,366 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69,688
  • Highest: 1 in 69,688 girls born in 1977 were named Shimeka (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 301,512 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 53.3% of all girls named Shimeka (139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s96#3,366 (1977)#5,293
1980s139#3,530 (1982)#6,078
1990s26#8,734 (1992)#11,268

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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