Girls' name · since 1973
Shamina
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.
- #23,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 139 recorded since 1973.
Shamina has 139 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1996.
- #23,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 139 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamina ranks #23,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamina's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shamina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shamina's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shamina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1996
- Peak year (1983)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shamina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (65 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Shamina's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shamina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 65 births (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.
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What to do with Shamina's data
- Shamina's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 1990s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shaminas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.