Shameka

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959

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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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
1986#632292
1985#647286
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1983#477417
1982#503402
1981#489421
1980#470452
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.

See more about Shameka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 411 spots in 1975 (#1,239#828)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1989 (#720#880)
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.

Shameka in 1971

girls
#5,136
10 births · 1 in 166,382 girls

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #5,136Shameka10
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 166,382 of them was named Shameka, which outranked 46.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shameka
  1. #4,810Zorana11
  2. #4,810Zsazsa11
  3. #4,810Zuleika11
  4. #5,136Shameka10
  5. #5,136Afrika10
  6. #5,136Alandra10
  7. #5,136Aleasha10
  8. #5,543Adell9
  9. #5,543Adrean9
  10. #5,543Agueda9

Tied with 406 names at #5,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971