Girls' name · since 1974
Shammara
Shammara has 56 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shammara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 56 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Shammara recorded 56 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1986.
- #33,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shammara ranks #33,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shammara's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shammara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shammara splits its recorded history at 1981: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shammara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1986
- Peak year (1978)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shammara by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (34 births, 61% of the file).
1980s was Shammara's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Shammara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 34 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shammara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1974–1986 (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 Shammara 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.