Girls' name · since 1977
Shamera
307 babies named Shamera in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shamera sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 307 recorded since 1977.
Shamera has 307 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2013.
- #15,713 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 307 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamera ranks #15,713 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 307 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,713 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shamera's 307 recorded births place it above 78.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shamera's full recorded timeline at 1995, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shamera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2013
- Peak year (1991)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Shamera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (122 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Shamera's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Shamera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 122 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Shamera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- 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 Shamera: 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 (~36 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, 1977–2013 (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 Shamera 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.