Shamika
Shamika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 554th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1981337 births
- Best rank
- #554in 1981
- Since 1971
- 5,061people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,061 girls have been named Shamika in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 337 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 337 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 55%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Shamika was the 554th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Shamika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shamekapeak 1980
- Shenikapeak 1982
- Shauntepeak 1978
- Brandicepeak 1981
- Meghannpeak 1979
- Latoriapeak 1984
- Shavonnepeak 1979
- Sherikapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.