Shamina — girls' name
139 babies named Shamina in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Shamina since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 139
- total births
- 1973–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Shamina was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shamina in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamina
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Shamina between 1973 and 1996, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shamina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shamina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamina 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 139 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.
Shamina at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1973
- Peak year (1983)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
139 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 10 births in a single year.
Shamina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 65 births that decade — 47% of Shamina's all-time total
Shamina decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shamina's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Shamina by state
Where Shamina concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 7.2% |
10 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.2% 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, 1973–1996 (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.