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Shamia

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Shamia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
100.00% of girls
Peak year
199974 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1973
1,468people given the name
Babies named Shamia, by year of birthgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,468 girls have been named Shamia in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 74 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shamia
1970s71
1980s385
1990s453
2000s437
2010s94
2020s28

In 1999, its biggest year

Shamia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.

Names that rose and fell with Shamia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.