Girls' name · since 1977
Shamela
105 babies named Shamela in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 105 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamela has been recorded 105 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1996.
- #26,621 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamela ranks #26,621 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamela's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shamela splits its recorded history at 1984: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shamela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shamela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Shamela's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Shamela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Shamela's decade-level peak was the 1980s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~19 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, 1977–1996 (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 Shamela 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.