Shameria — girls' name
208 babies named Shameria in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
208 girls have been named Shameria since 1985, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 208
- total births
- 1985–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Shameria was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shameria in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shameria
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Shameria between 1985 and 2010, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shameria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shameria performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shameria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shameria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shameria 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 208 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.
Shameria at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shameria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1985
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
208 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 14 births in a single year.
Shameria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 91 births that decade — 44% of Shameria's all-time total
Shameria decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shameria's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Shameria by state
Where Shameria concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 208 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1985–2010 (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.