Shemeka

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #13,844

Peak · girls
1979 · 131 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,563
since 1971

Shemeka over time

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Rank among girls' names. Shemeka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #1,056, 1979girls
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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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2003#13,8446
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2000#13,1546
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1997#9,8028
1996#10,5677
1995#8,07910
1994#6,67213
1993#5,20618
1992#4,08825
1991#3,44331
1990#2,90039
1989#2,71441
1988#2,41945
1987#2,33245
1986#1,65771
1985#1,45885
1984#1,38185
1983#1,32890
1982#1,064135
1981#1,139120
1980#1,117122
1979#1,056131
1978#1,078122
1977#1,35883
1976#1,35579
1975#1,85449
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First appearance
1971

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.

See more about Shemeka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,056 (131 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 8 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 12,254
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 53.7% of all girls named Shemeka (839) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s561#1,056 (1979)#2,223
1980s839#1,064 (1982)#1,661
1990s151#2,900 (1990)#6,345
2000s12#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 1982

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#1,064
135 births · 1 in 12,543 girls

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #1,064Shemeka135
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 12,543 of them was named Shemeka, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shemeka
  1. #1,058Nicholas136
  2. #1,058Stephaine136
  3. #1,058Tomeka136
  4. #1,064Shemeka135
  5. #1,064Anthony135
  6. #1,064Joleen135
  7. #1,064Kiana135
  8. #1,069Angelita134
  9. #1,069Cathryn134
  10. #1,069Latia134

Tied with 4 names at #1,064; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

See the top 100 for 1982