Shemika
Shemika 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
- 1980127 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,454people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,454 girls have been named Shemika in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 127 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 127 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 55%.
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Shemika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Shemika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tenikapeak 1982
- Shemekapeak 1982
- Shamekapeak 1980
- Latashapeak 1981
- Brandicepeak 1981
- Latoyiapeak 1981
- Shenikapeak 1982
- Latoyapeak 1984
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.