Girls' name · since 1980
Shamaya
833 babies named Shamaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
833 babies have been named Shamaya since 1980, making it today's #15430 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamaya has been recorded 833 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #15430 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #8,521 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,430 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 833 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamaya ranks #8,521 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,430 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 833 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,430 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shamaya's 833 recorded births place it above 88.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Shamaya compares
833 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shamaya's all-time total is 122% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shamaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 833 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shamaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shamaya's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 57, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shamaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Shamaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (408 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Shamaya's strongest decade.
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shamaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
172 births
- 2000s
2000s
408 births
- 2010s 152
2010s
152 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 408 births (49% of all-time use).
How Shamaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shamaya's total volume
Shamaya by state
Where Shamaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 43 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 25 | 3.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
43 of 833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Shamaya's data
- Shamaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (408 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Shamayas (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.