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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shameka

Shameka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 471st with 452 babies. More babies were named Shameka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1980452 babies
Total since 1880
6,191babies recorded

Shameka popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#16,6536
2000#6,43517
1990#989187
1980#471452
1970——
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How popular is Shameka, counting every spelling?

Shameka has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shameka?

About 6,000 people born in the US named Shameka are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 38 and 47. That makes Shameka mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shameka by state

How common Shameka was among girls born in each state in 1978–1982, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (5.0×), Georgia (4.5×), Mississippi (4.4×), District of Columbia (4.3×), Alabama (4.1×). In 27 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesIL0.22Michigan: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesMI0.18New York: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesNY0.36Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIN0.11Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.20Connecticut: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCT0.08Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCA0.12Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMO0.09Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.71 per 1,000 babiesVA0.71Maryland: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMD0.22Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.70 per 1,000 babiesAR0.70Tennessee: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesTN0.39North Carolina: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesNC0.85South Carolina: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesSC1.2District of Columbia: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesDC1.1Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.72 per 1,000 babiesLA0.72Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMS1.1Alabama: 1.00 per 1,000 babiesAL1.00Georgia: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesGA1.1Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesTX0.26Florida: 0.71 per 1,000 babiesFL0.71
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shameka, girls, 1978–1982. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shameka: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shameka, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shameka

How popular is the name Shameka?

Shameka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 471st with 452 babies. More babies were named Shameka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shameka a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,191 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shameka most popular?

In 1978–1982, Shameka was most common in South Carolina (1.24 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Mississippi.