Shamera — girls' name
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.
The verdict
307 girls have been named Shamera since 1977, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2013.
- 307
- total births
- 1977–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Shamera was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Shamera in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamera
The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Shamera between 1977 and 2013, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shamera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamera 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 307 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.
Shamera at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1977
- Peak year (1991)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
307 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 20 births in a single year.
Shamera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 122 births that decade — 40% of Shamera's all-time total
Shamera decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shamera's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1977–2013 (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.