Shamik — boys' name
51 babies named Shamik in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Shamik was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shamik in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamik
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Shamik between 1986 and 2006, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shamik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Shamik is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shamik shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamik 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 51 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.
Shamik at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamik popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1986
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
51 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 8 births in a single year.
Shamik popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1977 (Shamik as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Shamik accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shamik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 19 births that decade — 37% of Shamik's all-time total
Shamik decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shamik's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1986–2006 (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.