Shamella — girls' name
20 babies named Shamella in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
20 girls have been named Shamella since 1978, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 20
- total births
- 1978–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shamella was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shamella in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamella
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Shamella between 1978 and 1990, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamella performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shamella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamella 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 20 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.
Shamella at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
20 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 5 births in a single year.
Shamella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 50% of Shamella's all-time total
Shamella decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shamella's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.