Shamirah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shamirah

The Social Security Administration has registered 218 babies named Shamirah between 1984 and 2018, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shamirah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shamirah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shamirah 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 218 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.