Shemeka
Shemeka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1982135 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,563people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,563 girls have been named Shemeka in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 135 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 135 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1980s alone account for 54%.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Shemeka was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Shemeka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shemikapeak 1980
- Tenikapeak 1982
- Tameikapeak 1977
- Shauntapeak 1979
- Latashapeak 1981
- Brandypeak 1981
- Shamekapeak 1980
- Latoyiapeak 1981
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.