Shamica — girls' name
606 babies named Shamica in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Shamica was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Shamica in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamica
The Social Security Administration has registered 606 babies named Shamica between 1972 and 2001, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 52 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 337 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shamica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shamica in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamica 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 606 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.
Shamica at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1972
- Peak year (1983)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
606 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 52 births in a single year.
Shamica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 337 births that decade — 56% of Shamica's all-time total
Shamica decade highlights
- Peak decade 337 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shamica's strongest decade
337 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Shamica by state
Where Shamica concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 38 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #4 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.8% |
38 of 606 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.3% 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, 1972–2001 (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.