Shama — #15642 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shama

The Social Security Administration has registered 451 babies named Shama between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shama currently holds the #15642 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shama performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shama shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shama in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shama in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 451 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.