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 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
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| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
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| 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.
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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,940 of them was named Shamika, which outranked 93.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #971Dora192
- #971Eryn192
- #971Lizeth192
- #975Shamika191
- #975Annmarie191
- #975Danae191
- #975Graciela191
- #981Christopher188
- #981Elyssa188
- #981Emilia188
Tied with 5 names at #975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 342,340 of them was named Shamika, which outranked 24.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,415Zed7
- #6,415Zedrick7
- #6,415Zenas7
- #7,178Shamika6
- #7,178Aalap6
- #7,178Abbott6
- #7,178Abdo6
- #8,117Aamer5
- #8,117Aasin5
- #8,117Abdelrahman5
Tied with 938 names at #7,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.